1. Paying attention to the words of the Lord is not about hearing as a mere listener, like someone who hears a good lecture. It is about listening as someone who loves the Lord with all their heart, with all their soul, and with all their strength. It is not just hearing but listening with all your heart to engrave and inculcate the word of God in the depths of your being (Deuteronomy 6:5-7).
2. Do we desire that the word of God accomplish His work in us? Then, it is necessary to instill this word in our hearts. It is not our skill that will do God’s work because He does not wish to use man’s natural strength. What God requires is that we heed His words. Let us not trust in our own strength to try to help God because the work is His and is accomplished through obedience (Matthew 22:37; Deuteronomy 30:2).
3. God does not want us to use the “good” side of the flesh; rather, it is necessary that all flesh be destroyed. We might think, “But, Lord, this part of my skill can help You. Couldn’t my natural talents be useful in Your work?” The answer is no. God does not want to perfect the flesh but to eliminate it. What He desires is that we heed His words and fully obey what He says (1 Samuel 15:1-3).
4. “We call on the name of the Lord to be saved. Yet, to do so we must first hear the word of truth, which is the gospel of His salvation. […] It is with the mouth that one confesses unto salvation, but to do so one must first hear. Let us hear and then confess” (Romans 10:9-13) (Daily Food, book 4, week 3, Saturday, p. 52).
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