I read this today….
“Don’t be so quick to dismiss the random thoughts that cross your mind.”

I would equate that to the words…
“Show kindnesses to all because some have entertained Angels unaware.”

What we are led to surmise here is that we should pay attention…. to things,
such as a random thought,
people we are drawn to…
because we just don’t know what good can come from the heed we pay things.

There are times I “hear a voice”,
get a sense of something, or
feel compelled to do something.

I have learned to speak these words at those times….
“Lord, if this is You,
push me in it.
I will do it.
Prosper It.

If it’s not You
and I go forward,
lead me away from it
and subtract any impact.”

 

In my adult life
I have grown to listen for
and then to
the Leading of The Lord.

I have sometimes listened to my own inner voice or other influences…. and made some good but many ill-fated decisions.

Many times I have known they were words and influences I should have turned away from.

 

Let us seek to hear,
to actively listen FOR the Leading
which comes from Scripture
or The Direct Voice of The Lord.

Then,
when we hear it….
may we then listen…. TO It.

Listening TO It can lead us to a resulting activity.

Moses saw something…
paid attention,
turned toward it….
and his world and the life of a nation was changed to the better.

It’s not enough to merely HEAR
what Scripture says,
or what might be told to us.

You can HEAR many loud and soft sounds….you might be hearing several noises at this minute… it does not mean we heed and consider all of them.

 

When you HEAR and then sense that you are being spoken to by God’s Spirit….

Pay Attention.

Ask yourself……

Does it fit and is it consistent with Scripture…??
(This is why it’s good to know Scripture or be familiar with using a Bible)

Does it glorify God and does it further His Work…???

As a reference read 2 Corinthians 10: 3-5…
these words help prioritize thoughts,
deflate disobedience
and instruct us to hold thoughts
under the realm of Right Thinking.

 

Our parents spoke to and instructed us continually when we were under their care and tutelage.

Please know….
we are constantly being spoken to
and led
and influenced
by the One whose care and tutelage
we are forever under.

Listen for it.

Pay attention.

And then,
put feet to It.