Yom She-ni, Kislev 27, 6001 – Monday, November 28, 2016
Hearing And Doing
There is a connection between hearing and doing, and also doing and hearing. The instructions we receive in the book of Deuteronomy and other places is to hear and do. This means the sounds we hear – the words – we act on.
Deuteronomy 6:3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
We see similar statements made by our Messiah.
Luke 6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
There is a direct parallel, it would seem, between these things. For me, and I would guess for many, the challenge is to live what we believe.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Shine us up, that we might reflect Your light to this dark place. Send us today Your overwhelming abundant provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal up our minds and our hearts. Deliver us from the evil that steals from us. Restore unto Your people all that has been taken or held back in any way, and more besides, abundantly, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing, greater than the children of Israel in the Exodus, that all men might know that You alone have done this. O King, have mercy on us this day. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.