When our soul is satisfied our youth is renewed, our iniquities are forgiven, we are healed of all our diseases, and our life is redeemed from destruction. THE SPIRIT wrote in Psalm 103:
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name!
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits:
3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,
4 Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
As we study, contemplate, and dwell on HIS Word, our faith grows and our realization of HIS benefits comes into focus. If we turn our focus to the world’s issues, slowly but surely we begin to forget what we once knew to be sure and true in our lives. Then one day we wake up and find ourselves in a troubling situation and wonder how we arrived there. Virtually no one forgets to eat food daily yet many lose focus in eating Spiritual food in the same manner. I know that the cares of the world can creep in and demand your focus but we must guard our hearts from allowing such distractions which compromise our Spiritual nourishment.
THE SPIRIT wrote in Isaiah chapter 55:
2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully (to hear, listen to, obey) to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.
3 Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you— The sure mercies of David.
Let us take this passage in Isaiah seriously and be determined to maintain a full commitment to hearing The Word for HIS Word is life and health to our bones. There is such benefit to walking in HIS Word and being led by THE SPIRIT and we should not allow ourselves to become lukewarm. To listen means to pay attention, concentrate, heed and obey. We must incline our ear or be willing or favorably disposed toward hearing FATHER. If we become reluctant or unwilling to hear then we will not receive the benefits FATHER has for us.
We are to listen with a willing heart and I believe this becomes easy as we embrace the revelation of Love for then we are passionate about what FATHER has to tell us each and every day. When HIS Spirit speaks to me I purpose to incline my ear to HIM and as I do, the Word HE speaks comes alive in me even though it contradicts what I previously thought. A revelation corrects our thoughts else it would not need to be revealed to us.
Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 8:
19 Then His mother and brothers came to Him, and could not approach Him because of the crowd.
20 And it was told Him by some, who said, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see You.”
21 But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”
Jesus gave us the key to being Sons and Daughters of FATHER when He said “those who hear the WORD of FATHER and do it”. As we keep HIS Word before us, hear It, and do it, then not only are we remembering HIS benefits but we will receive them as well.