The Sunday News

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Scared

One year the youth at my church presented the musical “The Surprising

Christmas Pageant ( The Story of the Birth of Christ Told with Humor,

Mystery and Awe)†by Dennis Hartin. In this musical an angel went to

and told her the message from God about her giving birth to Jesus Christ.

Then the angel went to ph and told him about who is going to give

birth to the Messiah. When the angel appeared, both and ph said,

“It’s an alien!†The angel then had to tell them it was not an alien but

and

angel with a message from God. When the angel was finished both and

ph said, “I would be les scared if you were an alien.†might have

thought the same thing in the following Scripture:

1 3:10-15 (NLT)

10 And the LORD came and called as before, “! !†And

replied, “Yes, your servant is listening.†11 Then the LORD said to ,

“I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel. 12 I am going to carry out all

my threats against Eli and his family. 13 I have warned him continually that

judgment is coming for his family, because his sons are blaspheming God and

he hasn’t disciplined them. 14 So I have vowed that the sins of Eli and his

sons will never be forgiven by sacrifices or offerings.†15 stayed in

bed until morning, then got up and opened the doors of the Tabernacle as

usual. He was afraid to tell Eli what the LORD had said to him.

This was the first time had ever heard God speaking to him. It took

god three times to get ’s attention. When Eli finally figured out that

God was trying to talk to , was scared. This was a heavy load

to put on anyone.

Why don’t people listen for and to God today? You might do your duty and

read your chapter of Scripture almost every day but you don’t take time to

meditate on it and let God speak to you through it. You might spend a little

time in prayer but it is just giving God your wish list of things you want

Him to do for you. You don’t take time after your talking to allow God to

talk to you. Could it be because you are scared of what God might say to

you? You might hear God tell you to do something like God told to do

or like what God said to Moses at the burning bush. God had things for these

two people to do for Him.

When He talks to you He may have something for you to do. No matter what God

has to say, He can’t say it unless you listen. Take time to listen to God.

He may just want to say,

“I LOVE YOU!â€

By Dean W. Masters

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