Listen Carefully

 Exodus 23-24; Psalms 14; Acts 5 

“If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land…”

Exodus 23:22, 23

“Will you listen to me?”

God’s desire to teach his people to listen and obey, spans from his covenant with Israel, to his new covenant with the Church.

Will we move beyond religion to a relationship with the living God?

God’s promise to those who walk with him includes protection, provision, guidance, and forgiveness. God’s angels still minister to those inheriting salvation. God’s Spirit indwells those who have received salvation; the capacity to listen to the Lord is at a completely different level from Israel’s reliance on Moses in order to hear from God. 

However, are we listening to the Lord?

Are we walking in the Spirit, or still primarily responding to our lusts, physical needs, and appetites?

Those who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons and daughters of God (Romans 8). We can entrust our enemies and those who oppose us to the Lord, and love them because we belong to him.

“Lord Jesus, I will listen to you, and obey your Word and your Spirit’s promptings, for your glory.”