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The Bigger Issue
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)
We must ultimately move beyond the question of hearing God and into a life greater than our own—that of the kingdom of God. Our concern for discerning God’s voice must be overwhelmed by our worship and adoration of him and in our delight with his creation and his provision for our whole life.
Our aim in such a life is to identify all that we are and all that we do with God’s purposes in creating us and our world. Thus we learn how to do all things to the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31; Colossians 3:17). That is, we come to think and act in all things so that God’s goodness, greatness and beauty will be as obvious as possible—not just to ourselves but also to all those around us.
PRAYER: Ask God for help to move into a life greater than your own; to be overwhelmed by worship of God; to delight in God’s creation; to think and act so that in all things God’s goodness, greatness and beauty will be as obvious.
Congratulations, you have begun a wonderful journey! If you’d like to continue, please look for Hearing God and the Hearing God Through the Year devotional. We would love for you to join us at www.DallasWillardMinistries.org/youversion-welcome where we have many free resources to help and encourage you as you seek to know God more.
Jesus said, “My sheep listen to my voice. I call each one by name. I lead them out and they follow me because they know my voice. . . . I give them safe pasture and they go out with me in the path of righteousness. I give them life—my life, real life from God that is abundant and eternal. . . . I am the Good Shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—just as the Father knows me and I know the Father.” John 10:3, 9-10, 14-15 (Dallas Willard’s paraphrase)
Reading plan adapted from Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God, copyright © 1984, 1993, 1999, 2012 by Dallas Willard, and Hearing God Through the Year: A 365-Day Devotional, copyright © 2004 by Dallas Willard and Jan Johnson. Used by permission. For more information, please visit https://www.ivpress.com/hearing-god-signature .
About this Plan
Dallas Willard urged us to learn and practice prayer as a two-way dialogue with God. These excerpts from his best-selling book Hearing God, assembled by Jan Johnson, are an invitation to meet God, to allow his voice to shape your choices, and to encourage your heart. As you begin this four-week reading plan, thank God that he promises to meet you wherever you are in your faith journey.
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