Hearken and Be BLESSED
by Gloria Copeland
If you were to ask me how to walk in the fullness of the blessings of God, I could answer you with one word: HEARKEN.
As the Lord told me years ago, that one Bible word can change your whole life. No matter what’s going on around you, or what kind of trouble you’re in, hearkening to God will get you out of it.
No matter what dire situation your body or bank account or relationships might be in, God can bring you through to victory if only you will hearken to Him.
What does it mean to hearken?
It means “to listen to and heed—to hear and do.”
All through the Scriptures, that’s the one thing God asks of His people. From the Garden of Eden on, His message to Adam and Eve, to the patriarchs, the Israelites, and eventually to us in the Church, has always been this: “Just listen to Me and do what I tell you to do!”
It sounds simple, but really that’s all God has ever required. He can take care of everything else by Himself. He has no trouble at all working miracles and doing the impossible. He’s never had any problem pouring out His BLESSINGS and fulfilling His promises.
His only problem has been finding people who will let Him be God in their lives. “All day long I have stretched out My hands to a disobedient and contrary people,” He said of the Old Covenant Israelites (Romans 10:21, "New King James Version")…and sadly, He still has to say it sometimes of New Covenant believers today.
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