Are You Listening?

Today's Reading:
Acts 10

In yesterday's reading, we learned of how quickly the believers responded to go and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. In today's reading, we learn of how closely these believers walked with God and how as an act of obedience, they listened to what He was saying to them. Chapter 10 focuses on two men, Cornelius and Peter. Cornelius was devoted to God, he gave generously to those in need and he prayed (10:2). As we have already learned in prior readings, Peter was an Apostle, one of Christ's closest friends and a pillar in the early church. What I find interesting about these two men is how they walked with God, how they listened to Him and how they obeyed what He was saying to them.
The question for today: Do you take time to listen to God? What is He saying to you? Does it align itself with His Word, the Bible? Or, are you making random decisions for your life that are not coming from the heart of God? Sometimes it can be difficult for us to know if we are really hearing from God as we learn from Peter's response to eating what he believed to be unclean based on what the law taught. But Peter later learned that his response could not be based on part of the truth but all of it (vs. 15). We are blessed, because we have all of God's truth in one book today, but we need to be continually growing in the knowledge of that truth, so that when God does speak to us, we are listening based on truth.

PrayerPoint:
Ask God to search your heart and draw you nearer to His Son, Jesus Christ this day.

ActionPoint:
In your alone time, begin taking two minutes to be silent before the Lord. Ask the Lord to speak to your soul. Write down what comes to mind. Later, search the Bible to see if the Scriptures are in agreement with what you believe God is speaking to you. Try this a few times each week.