A Day For Review

And Eli said to Samuel, "Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, 'Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place. Then the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for Your servant is listening." 1 Samuel 3:9,10 (New American Standard Bible)

God is still in the business of speaking to us when we poise ourselves to listen to him. I find though that every day is not necessarily a hearing of new things from Him. He knows my tendency to learn a lesson and then quickly want to move on to the next lesson to be learned. This morning He is letting me know this will be a day for review. I sense His insistence that I meditate upon the things He showed me yesterday. He wants the truths to go deeper within me. I can too easily settle for the cognitive aspect of taking in truth. I allow it to get into my mind but He is desirous that I also let it into my spirit. Transformation comes as I allowed the truth to become a part of my daily practice.

Yesterday was a day of “getting” the truth. Today begins the adventure of living out of that truth. What truth? That God is the One in control of my life and is bringing about all necessary changes. He knows that if I don’t fully embrace this aspect of Him, I will succumb to the skewed thinking and dangerous mindsets that can so easily trip me up. So He insists that I continue to rehearse the phrases He gave me as a way of reshaping my outlook on the circumstances of my own life.

Not only did He give me phrases but He also presented me with pictures that still hang on the walls of my mind. I can see them as clearly as the actual pictures that hang on the walls of my home. They are meant to reinforce the very truths He is instilling in me. How precious that He ministers to the visual person He created me to be. He knows exactly what words and images to use in order to help me understand, embrace, and live out of the life changing truth He is teaching me.

I rest in the fact that He is tailoring His instructions for me on an individual and daily basis. Line upon line and precept upon precept continue to be His method of teaching in the school of life. My part is to remain tender and teachable to His voice.

Father, I am touched by Your personal involvement in my life. You know how to get truth across to me. Help me to continue to listen, learn, and grow in the grace and knowledge of Yourself. Amen.