Daily Devotion - Wednesday, April 15

I Need To Listen

This week we are praying through a prayer by Kenneth Phifer entitled, “I Need to Listen.” The theme of Rev. Phifer’s prayer is for God to empower him to be a better listener. Improving our listening, improves our caregiving of others in our life. Here is another part of the prayer.

“Lord, this is a shouting world.
There are voices of rage and of protest.
There are voices of defiance and of contempt.
How carefully I sift out the shouting, ignore the screaming.
Make me listen, O God, I pray.
You are the Creator of us all, and sometimes the voices of anger carry messages from you.
Enable me to be a listener, I ask. For in listening I may find direction and guidance.”

Listen to all the voices, even the shouts and the screams. Be open to finding messages even there. God bless you.

--Ben Keckler
04.15.09