Can you remember how many times you have heard or said to someone the phrase: "Please, could you pay attention?"
It's a simple phrase but it brings with it a warning, a reminder about something that is worth listening to.
Regarding our relationship with God, the writer of the book of Proverbs couldn't have said it better, “Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips. (Proverbs 22:17-18 NIV 1984)
The hidden truth in 'paying attention to', if you may, is the very action that follows it, which is the application of what has been learned. So much pain could have been avoided in our lives if, when warned by the Scriptures, we had just applied and practiced that very truth in our hearts.
Pray today to be willing to listen and to apply God's truth in your life.
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