Clamoring For Your Attention.

 One day at work last week, I did some reflecting of how many noises and sounds we have at work. All clamoring for our attention. Our forklifts have back up beepers. Might want to pay attention to that sound if you are near one and don't want to get hurt. All of our forklifts have a different sounding horns, so you can tell which one is approaching. Might want to pay attention to that sound as well. Very important. You don't want to get run over, crushed or just plain injured because you ignored the forklift warning sounds.

We have rollup doors leading to our production rooms. They sound alarm when they are about to start coming down. Need to pay attention to that sound if you are about to walk underneath said door. Don't want to get conked on the head and get knocked out, or even worse.

We have buzzers at both of our receiving docks that drivers use to check in to make a delivery or pickup. Have to pay attention to those buzzers. Drivers get a little upset if they have to wait for a few minutes before someone answers the door.

So we have all these sounds going on at work. All clamoring for your attention. All very important to listen to and for, depending on what you are doing at the moment.

This all got me to thinking about Jesus and how many worldly voices try to distract us from Him. Bosses, spouses, teachers, children, etc. etc. But we need to discern what is actually from God and what is not.

1 John 4:1 The Message

4 My dear friends, don’t believe everything you hear. Carefully weigh and examine what people tell you. Not everyone who talks about God comes from God. There are a lot of lying preachers loose in the world.

Yes, all those other voices are important to listen to (especially your spouse), but if they contradict what God is saying, then you shouldn't pay any attention to those voices. 

Kind of like Adam and Eve in the garden. When they listened to the serpents voice instead of Gods. By listening to the serpent it caused the fall of man. Sin entered the world.

Psalm 95:7 New Living Translation

7 for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only you would listen to his voice today!

I encourage you today to be careful of what voices you listen to. Many will try to lead you astray, but God never will.

God bless.

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