{"id":3997,"date":"2021-04-09T11:59:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T11:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xplorechrist.com\/?p=3997"},"modified":"2021-04-09T11:59:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T11:59:41","slug":"whos-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xplorechrist.com\/?p=3997","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s Listening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>9\u00a0<\/sup>He told Samuel, \u201cGo and lie down. If he calls you, say, \u2018Speak,\u00a0Lord, for your servant is listening.\u2019\u201d So Samuel went and lay down in his place. (1 Samuel 3:9 CSB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I often wonder as I write these who\u2019s listening? Not to my words necessarily, but to the message God is imparting. I know in my readings some things strike me deeply and some float upon the waters of my mind, carried along and then away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I believe God has a message in every word of scripture, for every person on this planet. Each has its time and place in my life. Each imparts a message I need to hear and heed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are assailed daily with information. From email, to social media to too many meetings. Life is all about information overload. Thus, I take this time every morning to sit quietly with the scripture and with God to, hopefully, begin my day with the best information I may access. My desire in doing so is to open my mind to the message God has for me, and in some small part, for the message I hope He has for you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I woke up with this on my mind today. So I would ask a favor that I do not believe I have ever asked in a devotional. Share this with your contacts this morning. I feel like there are those out there who may just need to listen to a fresh message beyond my contacts. Maybe someone you know needs this touch today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s find out who\u2019s listening but far more importantly, who needs to hear. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9\u00a0He told Samuel, \u201cGo and lie down. If he calls you, say, \u2018Speak,\u00a0Lord, for your servant is listening.\u2019\u201d So Samuel went and lay down in his place. (1 Samuel 3:9 CSB) I often wonder as I write these who\u2019s listening? Not to my words necessarily, but to the message God is imparting. I know in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xplorechrist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xplorechrist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xplorechrist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xplorechrist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xplorechrist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/xplorechrist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3998,"href":"https:\/\/xplorechrist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3997\/revisions\/3998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xplorechrist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xplorechrist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xplorechrist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xplorechrist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}