Friday! Proverbs!

Stop listening to instruction,

my son, 

and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 19:27 NIV

We're always listening to something.

To someone.

There's the culture, the place, the people we live with, work with, study with, the books we read, the images we consume, the expectations of those around us, the people we ask, the messages from the media we consume... then there's our own thoughts and the weight we put on what we hear... We're always listening to someone.

Our enemy is called the father of lies. 

And he is subtle. He weaves truth with lies, and touches on our desires. What we want. What seems good.

In the things we hear, there are lies.

A stray gets isolated, picked off, lost.

Lost because we stop listening to the source of truth. 

God's word doesn't always tell us what we want to hear, but His word is true.

And became flesh.

Lived with us.

Embodied grace.

Washed feet.

Jesus voice is the one we need to hear, seek out, keep choosing to put weight on, choosing to value above all the others that clamour for our attention.

Who we listen to matters.

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