I Want To Be Heard
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. Jeremiah 29:12, ESV
My husband and I were out taking a walk and we got into an argument. I can’t really remember what the argument was about but at one point I heard him say, “lower your voice”. I said “No, I need you to hear what I am saying”. I remember feeling like I was not being heard so I had to say what I felt louder. Well, you all know how God moves on our heart… So later I went back to him and apologized for being loud but I told him I did not feel like he was allowing me to be heard.
Several days after that incident I was in my room praying and the Holy Spirit brought to my mind the song Good Good Father by Chris Tomlin. As I was praying I kept hearing the words, “You are a good good father, that is who you are, that is who you are and I am loved by you”. It just kept playing over and over in my head as I prayed. I started humming those lyrics and God would add another line or phrase of the song into my heart. As I listened to how God was ministering to me, my whole being was just overwhelmed!
I decided to turn on the song and there is a line that says, “God knows exactly what I am going to ask before I speak one word”. I immediately heard the Holy Spirit say, “You never need to yell to be heard. I hear you speaking all the time. I know what your heart feels and if you talk to me I know how to make them hear you. You don’t have the power to make anyone hear your heart, they just hear your words. But if you talk to me I can transform you and them so the situation brings peace and joy for everyone!”
You all know that I just about lost it! My heart overflowed with joy, comfort, peace and my soul was full of praise. Now this was not the first time I heard this and I knew what God was saying was true. But in the midst of those situations we can get so heated that we forget God is right there waiting to resolve our issue. I asked Father to help me to pause in the midst of my anger and emotions to hear Him. I asked that He would help all of us to run to him in our pain. Because truly at that moment there is pain and anger when we feel we are not heard.
God created us, He gave us our personalities and He knows us better than we know ourselves. He feels our hurt and pain so when we turn to Him, He brings resolution to every situation. It is just like the song says, “He is a good good father”.
https://youtu.be/CqybaIesbuA Chris Tomlin
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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