Devotional - July 10, 2010

July 10, 2010
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One-Minute Devotionals reveal in a single sentence, underlying truth about specific Scripture.

I didn’t listen to what my teachers said to me,
nor did I keep my ear open to my instructors.
Pr 5:13

Big ears don't guarantee good listening skills. 3268

Live it..
I try to use a diverse and challenging vocabulary when I'm around my grand kids. That was the case the other night at a family gathering. My wife, her cousin, two of my children, three grand kids and I sat together around a large round table. I was amazed to hear the "big" words coming out of the mouth of the youngest at the table. So I said of her, "Lydia is waxing eloquent, isn’t she?” Everyone but my wife looked at me with a blank stare. Then Lydia spoke up and said, “What are you talking about Granddaddy? I didn't say anything about elephants!”

I thought a lot about that night and have come to the conclusion I'm like everyone who sat at that table. I hear God speaking and am either unimpressed, don't listen, or listen but fail to understand. Then, if I ever have the audacity to inquire about it, I speak off-subject as if He never said anything of substance. In that spirit, I wonder how many 'Bama fans got lured into reading this and don't understand the analogy?

Pray it
Please help me do more than listen. Your words are not just inspiring, but life to me.

Resources
You will become like that which you compare yourself. (2000)
Worshiping God in truth requires getting rid of all other gods that don't work! (2002)
How to tell when it's God working through you and not something you did and credited to him. (2003)
Playing with sin is a dangerous game with potentially deadly consequences. (2004)
It appears we've all but eliminated prayer from worship and replaced it with preaching. (2005)
Fear is a symptom of a deeper root problem called having basic distrust in God's word . (2006)
The rights of an animal shouldn't exceed that of a human. (2007)
Are you on Jesus' team? (2008)
There's a tendency to give attention to temporary annoyances. (2009)

1. One-minute Devotionals began on January 2, 2006 and are the original creation of James R. Green, Prayertower Webservant Content is derived from his alternating and sequential survey of both the Old and New Testament to offer insight on Scripture.
2. Resources are derived from daily devotions of James R. Green called, Just Thinkin'... (2000-2003), Read the Bible Thru in 365 Days (2004), Pray Thru the Word in 365 Days (2005) and One Minute Devotional (2006-2008).
3. Scripture: God's Word Translation (c)1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All Rights Reserved.