成人快手

A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Juanita Francis, Youth Pastor at Ruach City Church, London.

Good morning.

Recently I was reflecting on a music session I took part in and was overwhelmed mostly with joy of hearing some of the music come alive from pen and paper to the reality of a live performance. I was passionate about music in school I studied it but allowed fear and what I was hearing to persuade me to leave this journey to someone else who I thought might be more suited.

But as I was reflecting on my drive home I kept hearing this melody from "Little drummer boy" over and over again At first I didn't get it. I was like it's not Christmas . Then I began to hear the rest of that verse; 鈥淎 song, a song high above the trees, with a voice as big as the sea, with a voice as big as the sea.鈥� Then God began to speak to me 鈥� which I鈥檓 familiar with in my Christian faith.

He said 鈥漼our biggest problem is that you鈥檙e hearing from your perspective鈥� and so He repeated it again; "Do you hear what I hear" My challenge was to embrace what God himself heard through my songs, my worship and my singing instead of what I was hearing from within myself.

Often we can discount or discredit ourselves because we don't feel like we sound right or have the right package, just like I did. We can even allow what others have said to alter our journey, our decisions or moving into what God has ordained for our lives all because of what we have unhelpfully 鈥渉eard!鈥� Romans 10:17 says this faith comes by hearing the word of God.

So let鈥檚 pray. Dear God, let us be challenged to hear what you hear.

Amen