July 16, 2011 Passing Forever

Passing Forever
Read Jeremiah 33 – 36

Jer 35:17 “Therefore, this is what the LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Listen! I am going to bring on Judah and on everyone living in Jerusalem every disaster I pronounced against them. I spoke to them, but they did not listen; I called to them, but they did not answer.’”

“LISTEN.” says God. We’ve all heard that word of determined instruction from a teacher. The teacher had something to say, something necessary for you to know. If you failed to listen, to follow her words, you might fail the class. She wanted your full attention.
Guess what. God has pass or fail things for you to know, too. Pass/fail, life/death. This eternal stuff must be passing stuff. How can we not listen?
Our distractions come from our everyday life, don’t they? As we sat in the school classroom, we were too eager to focus on everything outside the classroom. As we walk through each day, we are too eager to focus on everything outside of God.
We need to be eager to listen to God’s voice. Take time each day to give him your full attention. Hunger for his teaching. It was easy in the classroom to listen to a good teacher who helped you learn something you were passionately interested in, wasn’t it? Be passionately interested in the things of God. Know he has each “distraction” in your life under control for you. Put aside life’s issues and listen to your Lord God Almighty.
It’s about passing forever.


Pause and Consider: what you are hearing may require some precise listening.