I’m
learning to listen to what God is saying
As
daily He speaks to my heart from His Word.
The
Lord is not silent; each day He’s conveying
Instruction
that lifts me by what I have heard.
If
God would be silent, how soon I would sink,
Becoming
like those who go down to the pit!
Without
His instruction to guide how I think
I’d
walk without light and in darkness would sit.
Consider
the lost who refuse to regard
The
works of the Lord and His hands’ operation:
The
way of the transgressor surely is hard,
Who
scoffs at God’s favor and mocks His salvation.
How
privileged were those who ascended that mountain
Where
Moses, Elijah, and Jesus were talking!
The
Law and the prophets from Christ had their fountain
Who
came to fulfill what transgressors were mocking.
Then
well-meaning Peter decided to speak
When
he should have listened to what was then spoken.
Am
not I like Peter when I do not seek
To
listen when silence should not yet be broken?
The
Father’s reproof thus comes rightly to me,
Who
calls me “hear Him,” His well-pleasing Son.
I
listen in silence: His truth makes me
free
And
strengthens my heart for the race I must run.
O
Lord, You have lifted me up by Your love,
As
daily You speak and You cause me to hear
Your
marvelous counsel that comes from above
To
shine on my pathway and make Your way clear.
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