Faith Capsule: Hear and see in His sayings.

Acts 9: 1-22

It is written, “The hearing ear and seeing eye, the Lord has made them both.” (Proverbs 20:12) He is the maker of all. To hear and see in His word enables man to enter the plan of God for one’s life. Apparently, many does have ear and not able to hear and many does have eye and not able to see. Jeremiah 13:15 identified the reason for having ear and not able to hear and see, “Hear and give ear do not be proud for the Lord has spoken.” (Jeremiah 13:15) Pride denies man from not hearing and seeing in God. Are you aware of the need to always engage self in hearing and seeing in His word?
Job was a man identified by God as blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil. (Job 1:1) He experienced unimaginable challenges in the hand of Satan because God allowed it. In all of his challenges he did not curse God when his wife suggested he should curse God. Bible recorded in Job 2:9, “Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!”Job rejected his wife suggestion stating, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.” (Job 2:10) By the testimony of Job, it is possible that he heard from God but could not see what was ahead of him during his challenging times. Job testified, “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You.”(Job 42:5) In the journey of faith, it is important to be able to hear and see. To hear and not be able to see can deny man from living to the fulfillment of God’s calling or it is possible to cause delay which often leads to one being denied from living to fulfill God’s calling .
For one to fully answer to God’s calling or to experience God’s purpose in the journey of life, one must be able to give ear and hear; to give eye and see in the word which sounds in one’s direction. Saul (Apostle Paul) heard and saw before moving forward into his divine assignment. After all his experience on the way with the Way, he became confirmed to the apostle by Barnabas word, “But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.”(Acts 9:27) Paul saw and he heard from the Lord before he was confirmed. Paul saw and knew how to go because he heard His sayings and it did not depart from his eyes.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace to always hear and see in His word.