To Hear the Lord

  Consider the specificity with which God spoke to Philip, Saul and Ananias in Acts 8:26-9:19.  First Philip had an angel tell him to go to a certain road. Then the Holy Spirit told him to go over to a particular chariot.  Paul, not even a believer in Jesus,  heard Jesus speak to him:  "Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do" (Acts 9:6).  And then Ananias heard the Lord tell him to go find Paul in "the house of Judas on Straight Street" (Acts 9:11).  Ananias had the temerity to have a little back-and-forth conversation because he didn't want to do it!  What boldness he had to argue with God.

  For reflection:  How clearly do I hear God speak to me?  Do I only "sense" that he is saying this or "feel" that he is saying that?
  Let us pray.  Jesus, just as you spoke clearly to Philip, Saul and Ananias, I ask you to speak clearly to me.  If I'm going to do your specific will in my life, I need to hear your specific directions.  Open my ears to hear you every day.

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