Always Speaking

Sometimes, when I call out to Jeshua, he doesn't respond to me immediately. Most of the time when he didn't seem to hear me, he was distracted with his toys, books or other stuff. This could get me a little frustrated at times. "Jeshua, don't you realise that your father is talking to you?"

It is with this experience that I realised how God the Father has been so patient with me. He is always speaking to me but I am not always listening. Sometimes, I get distracted with my own things at hand and missed what He said. It takes deliberate attention and focus to tune in to what He says.

We have a loving Father. When Jeshua doesn't hear me, I repeat myself to make sure he hears. Similarly, God often repeats Himself to make sure that we hear Him. Nevertheless, we should not take Him for granted. Delayed obedience is not obedience.

I have to train my son to hear me and act promptly. If he doesn't obey me promptly, he will do the same to God the Father in future.

Whose Responsibility

My son has come to understand certain words, actions and language that I use.

But this doesn't come instantly. It took an effort from my part to keep repeating and making sure that he understood what I said.

Notice, it is my responsibility as a father to ensure that he understands what I say. Similarly, God the Father ensures that we hear His voice by speaking in a way that we, as His children, will understand.

We don't have to try so hard to hear His voice. We can trust Him as our loving Father to speak to us in a way that we understand. God's ability to be heard is much greater than our ability to hear Him.

Bill Johnson puts it this way, "God takes the responsibility to be heard whenever He finds someone who desires to hear. The heart to hear is more important than our ability to hear."