June 26
Let the person who has ears listen to what the
Spirit says (Revelation 3:22 GW).
The man or woman who has no inner ear, no inner
silence, no inner place for hearing the Lord is never going to be of much use
in the service of the Lord, and mark you, it must be the Lord, and we must be
very careful that we do not give even good men and good writers the place that
the Lord ought to have. There is a time when we must sweep our books aside,
when we must shut ourselves up from the voices of men, when we must get quiet
with the Lord and listen, and more, we must seek to cultivate, by the grace of
God, the ear that is always open to the Lord even when all the other sounds are
around us. It is difficult, yet not impossible, that in the raging of the street
and the rush of business life the Lord should say something; but He will only
speak to those who recognize the value of listening to the Lord and who are
giving Him His place of silence to speak when possible. The ear to hear the
Lord when all other sounds and voices are around us is prepared and trained in
these times of detachment which the Lord demands, and against which the devil
is eternally active to capture the ear again.
Now, that is elementary (we are not seeking to be
profound), but tremendously important. You and I know, never mind how
spiritually mature we are – the one object of the devil is to capture our ear
from God, to make it impossible for us to have the silent hour and the silent
ear for God. The pressing in, and all the things which happen just when you
have decided to have a little quiet time; then it is you have to fight for the
ear – you know it is true. Do you see there is something bound up with that;
the undoing of the work of the devil, the registration of God's mind upon this
universe, everything which is meant by priestly ministry, which is bringing God
in, is bound up with this: God having the ear.
By T. Austin-Sparks from: The Servant and Service of
the Lord
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