FAITH CAPSULE: Failure not to hear, see and turn to His word is a passage to stagnation in life.

EXODUS 3

Attending to the word of God that sounds in our direction is always subject to the ability to hear what the word is saying and not allow what He is saying depart from our eyes. The book of Proverbs states it perfectly right when it states, “My son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart.” (Proverbs 4:20-21) The word that we receive and believe determines what we are able to hear with our ears and see (receive) with our eyes.
Ears and eyes are not accidental; and not for decoration. God gave them for a purpose and if the purpose fails, God’s direction will also fail to establish itself in one’s life. Many have ears and eyes but they do not serve the intended purpose for their lives to be constantly transformed. Since the function of ears and eyes is to hear and see, He expects us to hear and see. As a child of God, you can’t afford not to hear when He speaks. When He shows up, you can’t afford not to see and turn. Every failure not to hear or see and turn to His word of direction will cause man to miss in the appointed time of God.
Moses could not miss in the appointed time of God for his divine assignment on earth because he was able to see and took the position to hear what God packaged for his life. It is written, “And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed.  Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.” So when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” (Exodus 3:2-4) When Moses saw with his eyes and was able to turn and hear with his ears. Moses turned and answered to God’s calling for his life. There is nothing that will cause man to miss engaging with divine assignment like a failure to hear when God is speaking direction into one’s life; when God is showing a turning point in one’s life. A dull heart is the heart that lacks understanding. It is the evidence of heavy ears and shut eyes. That is, ears that do not hear and eyes that cannot see. (Isaiah 6:10) Remember, faith comes by hearing; what you see is what you receive.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the gift of a sharp mind that will constantly enable you to hear and see when God is speaking.