Shh, Stop Talking!

"He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." Words of Jesus, Matthew 11:15

I'm a talker.

I love to talk.

Sometimes, I talk about nothing, but mostly I talk about something.

I talk out loud to myself, and I talk out loud to my Lord.

I can strike up a conversation with anyone, anywhere at any time.

I love to talk.

My 9th Grade Algebra teacher used to make 'talkers' do push-ups every time we got caught talking.  That memory brings a smile to my face every time I think about it because I once told her that I did more push-ups in her math class than in my P.E. class.  She just smiled at me and said, "Stop Talking."

Last night at church, my Pastor quoted something that D.L Moody once said; "If I had my life to live all over again, I would have prayed less and studied my Bible more."  This didn't mean that D.L. Moody didn't think prayer was important.  Prayer is extremely important.  But what he meant by what he had said is this:  "When we pray, we do all of the talking, when we read God's Word, God does the talking."

I love that.

Jesus mentioned to "those who had ears to hear," 16 times in the New Testament.  He said it 8 times in the Gospels and 8 times in the Book of Revelation.

It must be pretty important.

Matthew 11:15, Matthew 13:9, 43

Mark 4:9,23, Mark 7:16

Luke 8:8, Luke 14:35

Revelations 2:7,11,17,29

Revelation 3:6,13,22

Revelation 13:9

Lord, help me to listen more...

    and talk less...

        And when I speak, may it be more about You...

            But that's just me!