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God Wants Your Attention

Psalm 147:11

Those who fear God get God’s attention; they can depend on His strength.

God spoke to Joseph through his dreams. God spoke to Samuel directly with His voice. God spoke to David through His prophet, Samuel. God speaks to His people in His ways, but sometimes His people do not understand. 

Elihu emphasized that God had already spoken to Job through his dreams and visions, but Job did not seem to understand. This was why God spoke through Job’s suffering. 

C. S Lewis once wrote that God shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world. A megaphone is used to direct the voice and increase its loudness. It will attract people’s attention to find the source of the sound. Likewise, God used Job’s sufferings to get his full attention and teach him something to keep him from perishing. 

God knows precisely what it takes to get your attention and to prevent you from living the wrong way. So, stay alert. Listen attentively when God speaks to you. 

Prayer

Dear God, help me to be able to hear You when You speak to me in any way. I want to give You my full attention. Amen.