What Is Your Attitude Toward the Speakings of God?

# 50 – Today's Du-votional comes from 1Sa 3:10 Now the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel answered, "Speak, for Your servant hears." This is amazing! The Lord came to Samuel and actually stood by him and called his name! The other times, the Lord's voice was apparently more distant to Samuel's ears and therefore he assumed it was Eli calling, but not this time! God was right there with Samuel, calling his name! Why? What changed? The only thing that has changed is Samuel has been given instruction on how to respond when God calls. I wonder how we are doing in instructing our young people in the area of discerning God's voice, and how to respond to it? Do they see our generation listening for God's voice and responding to His Word? How do we do this? First and foremost we must understand that God speaks to us through His Holy Word, the Bible. Heb 1:2 tells us that “in these last days” God has “spoken to us by His Son,” and Jesus said in Joh 6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.” And in 2 Tim 3:16, we are reminded that ALL Scripture is God-breathed.” That means every time you read or listen to Scripture, God is standing by you and talking to you, just as sure as He stood and talked to Samuel. Your attitude toward the speakings of God is perhaps the greatest way to teach your children how to listen and respond to God in their own lives. Let us heed the words of Eli and teach our children to respond to God's Word with this reply, “Speak Lord for your servant hears.” It is the humbly eager, and ready heart, that God chooses to draw near to. Teach this to your children, but unlike Eli, back it up with your own eagerness to listen, to believe, and to obey. Let your children catch you in acts of faith and obedience!