Something strange happens to me when I lay down and rest -- my ears tune into the smallest sounds. Has this ever happened to you? When I was a boy I used to listen to the radio when I went to sleep. In fact I remember the night that President George H. W. Bush declared war in Operation Desert Storm. I listened to it. But I discovered that when I got in bed I would turn the radio down as quiet as I could, but still be able to hear it. The longer I laid there the louder it got, and I would turn it down and turn it down. The next morning I wouldn't even hear it when I got out of bed.
The same thing happens now. When my family heads to bed and I'm watching Monday Night Football, I turn the volume down so that it won't disturb them. Usually I turn it down to a 7 or 8, and can hear it perfectly well. In the morning when the girls get up and turn on the TV to watch cartoons they can't hear it till the get it up to a 14 or 15.
This principle holds true with God. If we want to hear him we have to settle down, rest, and pull away from other voices. The noise of our life that is constantly swirling around us. The quieter we can become and longer we can rest the more his voice becomes discernable. Are you hearing from God? Maybe it's time to cut the clatter.
--Ben
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