Listen

Heb 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Heb 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Heb 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Heb 1:4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Heb 1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
Heb 1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
Heb 1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
Heb 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.


God appointed His Son heir of all things.
God made the worlds by His Son.
Jesus the brightness of God's glory.
Jesus the express image of God's person.
All things are upheld by Jesus' power.
When Jesus by Himself purged our sins sits next to God.
Jesus made so much better than angels.
Jesus the firstbegotten of God.
Jesus whom the angels worship.
God who proclaimed the angels spirits, his ministers flames of fire.
God who said to His Son--

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever, a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.


God called His Son, God because He is a God. He is not a lesser God. He is a God. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit- each are a God in their own right and can't be denied being such.


It's so wonderfully amazing, the Majesty on high and the Son of God together. God speaks to us through His Son. We can't ignore this. Jesus speaks to us. Those words - 'hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son...' God spoke to people by his Prophets before His Son was born on earth and then there was a direct link, God the Son speaking to us. Every word that Jesus spoke is important, more important than we realize. Or maybe we do realize and that's a great thing. People want God to speak to them and He does, through His word, through the Bible. No, it's not a conversation, it's not speaking as we know it. But God does speak to us. God is alive. God is real and we need to go to Him in prayer, go to Him in His word and listen to Him. We really need to listen.


Some say that a lot of people need to 'learn' to listen. Do we? Do we really need to 'learn' to listen? We know how to listen don't we? We hear someone speak and we respond, that's listening. We hear someone speak and we comprehend it but don't speak out of choice or situation, that's listening right? What do people mean when they say we need to 'learn' to listen? They mean that yes, we know how to hear but are we really internalizing what we are hearing. How often do we go off on something someone has said having not really listened to understand what was being said? We tend to fill in our own endings to the things people say. We tend to hear what we want to hear. Having to repeat what we say is common isn't it? Asking someone to repeat their words is very commonplace. We hear but we don't always listen, we're all guilty of not listening.


Let's listen. The words are there, we need to hear and listen to those words spoken to us.


By the grace and mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit may we hear all that the Lord God our Savior wishes us to hear, listening, really listening.


In His love always.


Amen.