“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”
I thought of my own walk with Jesus as I read this, and I hope that you will do the same as we think together about hearing Jesus. Do we hear Jesus in our daily lives? Ask yourself as you face each day, do you think about what Jesus wants you to do on that day? Are the decisions about what you do with your time have anything to do with what Jesus might want? I’m not referring to being religious. I’m referring to being obedient in every day things. Jesus certainly wants our attention as we deal with people. For example, He might be saying to us that instead of arguing with that cantankerous cashier, we might smile and wish him or her well. Hearing and obeying Jesus is not, as they say, “rocket science.” He saved you and made you His witness, and He wants to use you in that way. Listen to that “still small voice” in your heart and mind and obey it. Do you hear the voice of Jesus? Do we live each day with the understanding that Jesus knows us? Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them.” Think about how wonderful it is that the God of the universe knows us. If some famous person knows us, we want other people to know it. I played high school baseball with a friend who played in the major leagues. I wanted people to know that he knew me. At the time, that seemed important. But what is even more important is that Jesus knows me. This is true for all of us who know Him as Savior. Jesus knows everything about us and loves us anyway. It should make a difference to us each day that we are aware that Jesus knows us and knows what we are doing. Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them and they follow me.” It should be important to us that we follow Jesus. We need to think about our lives: Do people know that we are followers of Jesus by the way we act and by the way we talk? I honestly try to remind myself of this as I encounter people. When people meet us, see how we act and hear how we talk, would they be surprised if they found out we were Christians? There have been times in my life when I had to do some tall repenting because I knew that I didn’t act like a follower of Jesus. If we call ourselves followers of Jesus, we need to act, as closely as we can, like Him. Listen for the voice of Jesus. Realize that you know that Jesus knows you. Realize everyday that you are His follower. Bro. Joe
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