The David Spoon Experience 6-14-23 Part 2

1) We spend some time covering a classic message that brings us down to the foundations of our faith. We mostly understand the gospel, although we tend to forget how powerful grace is and that the forgiveness that comes through the redeeming work of Jesus Christ is everlasting. We seem to fall short quite a bit in the connectivity department. Staying connected to the Lord is a significant issue for the majority of Christians.

2) It may surprise you to find out that one of the best ways to stay connected to the Lord is to shut up. Oh, I know that’s rude, and I’m not trying to be rude. I’m trying to say that there are so many winds, noises, and voices, including our own. They dilute, distract, deter, and distance us away from what the Lord has to say. None of those are very important. What God has to say is important. Everybody else’s insight and input, including our own, is just interesting and entertaining.

3) So we focus on a couple of approaches to help us understand how we hear Jesus. Now it is true that, sometimes, the Lord speaks abruptly into our lives, and there is no way to miss that it’s Him communicating. That is Him pursuing us because He loves us. But reciprocation of that love is us pursuing Him. And sometimes we fail to be active in the listening part of things. Hearing is receiving sound decimals. Listening is making sense of those sound decimals. We need to listen more.