, at a level, is a necessity for life. We are a world of noise.

We what we hear.

What we to hear ultimately tells us what we truly believe to be .

He who has the greatest ability to make Himself heard over all the noise of the world will rarely if ever hear Him. (Mt. 13:10-18; 1 Kings 19:3-13)

God rarely, if ever, shouts. He .

If we don’t want to hear God says we will rarely hear He says.

God has this thought that He knows what needs to be said when it needs to be said.

I tend to want to from God what I want to hear from God about that which I want to hear.

We’re still struggling to read our Bible though isn’t the issue it once was.

We struggle because when we our Bible it actually us.

Just like Adam and Eve, the sin I still struggle with causes me to want to cover and from God.

And the very things I’m covering are the very things that keep me from .

The way we enter into the of God that is not circumstantial but is constant in our lives is through leaning in close and hearing God say everything He wants to say. (Hebrews 4:11-12)

And the primary way He speaks is through .

When He speaks, whatever He speaks to us is for our good and is what is most in that moment.

Challenge:

Find a version of the Bible (English Standard Version or the New International Version).

Find one that is a “red letter edition.”

the red, the red, the red.

And as we do this, we will find ourselves living more in the of the Almighty.