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<\/a><\/p>\nThe psalm reveals to us that our spiritual hearts are indeed connected to our spiritual ears.<\/p>\n
It comes down to us wanting to hear, and then hearing, the voice of our living God \u2013 hearing every word that CONTINUES TO PROCEED (current and ongoing tense) from the mouth of God. We are talking daily, Spirit-surrendered, aligned and directed lives:<\/p>\n
Matthew 4:4<\/strong> Without that, our walks grow stale, our lives are subject (and even can become victims) to dark turns. Elsewhere in Hebrews the writer warns us not to stray or drift away from the place of rest. It can become quite a mess, and the road back can be bumpy. Meanwhile, the remedy, hearing the voice of God, takes us into intimacy, safety, life and peace.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the revelation, the admonition, and the plan: (WHY?) (HIS OWNERSHIP BY WAY OF ETERNAL PATENT RIGHTS) (C\u2019MON NOW) (HIS RIGHTFUL OWNERSHIP OF US) (THE IMMEDIACY AND NOW-NESS OF THE INVITATION) (THE ADMONITION AND THE WARNING, BY WAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF PAST FAILURE) (THE SAD RESULT OF BAD DECISION) Our investment into hearing the voice of God is our intentionality and desire. All of our heart, soul, mind, strength.<\/p>\n Our moment by moment (presented as “Today” in verse 8) decisions are critical. It is quite frankly an ongoing matter of spiritual life and death.<\/p>\n Our enemy has proven himself to relentlessly campaign for our attention, affection, time, and allegiance. He’ll accuse God and family, friend and circumstance. His tools are anger, offense, unforgiveness, distraction, etc. Avoid those traps.<\/p>\n And through all the noise and propaganda, it remains our daily, moment by moment invitation as well as our moment by moment choice. Choose wisely, Grasshopper.<\/p>\n 6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; All scripture NKJV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Psalm 95 is presented to us as a \u201cA Call to Worship and Obedience\u201d Hebrews 4:7, btw, attributes the psalm to King David. Figures. Ps 95 is brief, succinct (to the point) and eternal. It is quoted 3X in the … Continue reading
\n4\u00a0 But He (Jesus) answered and said, \u201cIt is written, \u2018Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds<\/span> from the mouth of God.\u2019 \u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPs 95<\/strong>
\n(THE INVITATION AND WHAT TO DO, WITH WHAT ATTITUDE)
\n<\/em>1 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord!
\nLet us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
\n2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us
\nshout joyfully to Him with psalms.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n3 For the Lord is the great God,
\nAnd the great King above all gods.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights
\nof the hills are His also.
\n5 The sea is His, for He made it;
\nAnd His hands formed the dry land.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
\nLet us kneel before the Lord our Maker.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n7 For He is our God,
\nAnd we are the people of His pasture,
\nAnd the sheep of His hand.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nToday, if you will hear His voice:<\/em><\/p>\n
\n8 \u201cDo not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the
\nday of trial in the wilderness,
\n9 When your fathers tested Me;
\nThey tried Me, though they saw My work.
\n10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And
\nsaid, \u2018It is a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My
\nways.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n
\n11 So I swore in My wrath,
\n\u2018They shall not enter My rest.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nLet us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
\n7 For He is our God,
\nAnd we are the people of His pasture,
\nAnd the sheep of His hand.<\/p>\n