Hearing Ear: Meditate & Practice

Good Morning Family!

During my prayer and word study time this morning, I was meditating on the word that Pastor Chip preached yesterday. I told the Father that I will endeavor today to be an “all in” servant of His, and that my ear will be unto Him as I go throughout my day. 

It is one thing to hear the word of God and receive it, but it is another thing to actually do it. Daily, I am working towards the mark of the high calling in Christ Jesus; and just as Jesus heard the word, He did the word. 

Yesterday Pastor Chip shared with us two ways that our ear can be more in tune to God. One of the ways is through meditation and the other is through practicing what you have been meditating. So, today, I decided to put that in motion in my life. I started reading the book of 1 Corinthians last week and I just happened to be reading chapters 13 and 14 today. As I was reading, chapter 14 verse 1 jumped out at me: “Let love be your highest goal!” (NLT) So, precious church family, guess what my meditation and practice will be today! Let Love be MY highest goal. The rest of that scripture goes on to say, “But you should also desire the special abilities that the Spirit gives- especially the ability to prophesy.”

I love the rest of this scripture because it points out the fact that all things can be done by the power of the Holy Spirit - like prophecy. You see, The Holy Spirit working with our spirit brings forth the ability to do anything that the word of God says. So, if the word of God says love can be our highest goal, then I am going to give my “ear” to the Holy Spirit and love WILL BE my highest goal. Since love is my highest goal, I am going to look for ways to express the love of God. In doing so, I will put this into practice. 

This is my meditation and practice today. What is yours?

-Pastor Candace