The
Necessity of Hearing God
Luke 10:38-42 (Complete Jewish Bible) - On
their way Yeshua and his talmidim came to a village where a
woman named Marta welcomed him into her home. She had a sister called
Miryam who also sat at the Lord’s feet and heard what he had to say. But
Marta was busy with all the work to be done; so, going up to him, she said,
“Sir, don’t you care that my sister has been leaving me to do all the work by
myself?” However, the Lord answered her, “Marta, Marta, you are fretting
and worrying about so many things! But there is only one thing that is
essential. Miryam has chosen the right thing, and it won’t be taken away from
her.”
We are the Body of Christ, and we
must hear God. We are the sheep of God’s
pasture, and we must hear the voice of our Shepherd, Jesus Christ. Mary’s choice to sit at Jesus’ feet represents
her priority of hearing His teaching in order to follow and obey them. It represents the wisdom of putting the horse
before the cart, by hearing God in order to serve Him.
The apostle Paul compares the collective disciples of
Christ to His body. If we are His body,
we MUST hear Him! Contrary to what we
might think, the ear is not the only part of the body that hears. Think about it. How can the members of the natural body
function without hearing the instructions of the brain, which is the head and
director of the central nervous system?
Rather, every cell in the body receives communication from the brain in
order to function. Likewise, Jesus is
the head of the spiritual Body and every cell represents every member of His
body. Therefore, every cell must HEAR God’s voice in order to receive
instructions of how to serve Him.
God is saying that much of the Body of Christ is
paralyzed, because of the numerous cells (souls) that are not hearing Him! Many may ask, “How are we paralyzed when we
are so BUSY (like Martha) serving God and doing the works of the Kingdom? We are visiting the sick, supporting the orphans,
and feeding the hungry.” Yet, God is
saying though many may APPEAR or LOOK active in the Kingdom, spiritually they
are paralyzed and doing nothing, because they are busy doing their own thing,
rather than moving according to the instructions of the Head, who is Jesus
Christ! In the eyes of the Godhead, such
busyness is equivalent to paralysis.
Therefore, the Spirit of God is calling us to sit at our Good Shepherd’s
feet and listen in order to HEAR Him! He
desires to INFUSE us with His instructions and power in order to fulfill His
Word, Will, and Way in the Earth as it is in Heaven. Therefore, the apostolic revelation and calling
is a call to COME unto Christ in order to HEAR Him and to follow His
instruction to GO only when, where, and how He instructs us to GO in His Name,
as His representatives in the Earth.
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