Sometimes when I’m teaching my Sunday School class, the children get a bit too loud for me. I can’t really teach because they are talking and not listening.  I will begin speaking in just a whisper and say things like, “If you can hear me  raise your hand” or “If you can here me, come up and get a treasure from my treasure chest.”  It only takes one or two students to respond and soon I have all their attention again.

I think sometimes God speaks in whispers to see if we are listening.  We spend a lot of our “PRAYER TIME” doing all the talking. all the requesting, and all the complaining. To have a meaningful conversation we need more than one voice. God loves to converse with his children.  He is excited to hear us praise Him and be thankful.  He wants us to tell Him all our troubles and needs.  But, He also wants to speak to us.

Sometimes He speaks through others, sometimes He speaks through dreams and visions, some times He speaks through the sciptures ,some have even heard the audible voice of God. But, I think sometimes He simply whispers.  If we aren’t paying attention, we won’t hear Him.  He tells us in……”Be still and know that I am God”.

In our fast paced society, it is at times difficult to be still before the Lord.  We ar so busy doing things for the Lord and requesting of the Lord, that often we forget to listen.  That really is a sad statement.  We should never be too busy to listen to God.  In the grand scheme of things, our listening skills can save us a lot of frustration and trouble.

What if Noah had not been listening when God told him to build the ark?  What if David had not been listening when God told him not to cut off Saul’s garment?  What if Esther had not been listening when she went uninvited before the king?  Their listening skills changed the history of the world.

So let’s listen, my friends; with an open heart and an obedient