Hebrews 3:19
“They never got there because they never listened, never believed.”
“So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest.”
Belief is an essential part of the religious experience. But listening? Listening is rarely mentioned yet receives equal billing here in Hebrews. What is listening and how do I develop a listening frame of mind? Listening is waiting upon God, being silent in one’s heart apart from physical circumstances. It should be our perpetual attitude before the father. The ability to listen grows with our knowledge of him, of his personhood and with experience of his voice. It is a position before the Father, being comfortable with silence. Gradually we sense a conversation with God developing. It is what we were made for.
Lord, give me grace to choose silence more often!