Music To Our Ears

Think back to a time when you did somethng and didn't feel right on the inside.  A little whispering in your spirit gently tried to lead you in a different direction.  Maybe you heard it and maybe not.  Maybe you labeled that voice as your conscience.  Well, it's much more than that.  That voice that you feel rather than hear is not a figment of your imagination.  It is the voice of the Lord.   God is trying to lead you down the path of righteousness and salvation.   Most of us have an innate sense of when something is wrong or right.  It is like the Lord's commandments are written in our spirits and when we do something that dishonors those commandments, we know it.  We feel uncomfortable about it.  We feel so uncomfortable that we make a different decision that doesn't leave our guts churning with guilt.   Not everyone is blessed with the gift of the Lord's direction.  Some walk around giving no thought to wrong things that they've done.  Imagine the destruction that others around that person suffer because that person lacks the leading of God's spirit.  Sensing the difference between wrong and right is a gift of God.  In the Bible, God cursed people with what is called a reprobate mind.  That means that he gave them over to their own thinking.  He no longer would direct them away from poor choices.  That meant they would not be directed away from destruction.  We don't want that.  If God is thoughtful enough of us to offer us the safety net of his guidance, we should listen.  We also should always connect our conscienceness with God.  It is easy to refuse the direction of an abstract guide.  If we think of the feelings that we have when we make decisions as only our conscience, we may or may not follow it.   If we keep in mind that our conscience is the leading of God, it becomes harder to refuse His guidance.  God loves us.  He wants to keep us and others around us out of harms way.  So if you hear in your spirit God telling you to do/or not do something.  Listen and obey.  After all, God's voice should always be music to our ears.

Scripture:
St. John 10:4  And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

Exodus 23:20-22 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.  Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions; for my name is in him.  But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

Prayer:
Lord, please guide us in all things.  May we ever have eyes that see, ears that hear, and hearts that understand and receive your leading.  Holy Spirit we invite you to live in us and reign over us as God sees fit. Amen.