Listen To Him

 

Even when Christ walked on the earth
His own disciples failed
To listen and to understand,
Until He was unveiled.
 
To this day mankind still suffers
From failure to listen.
We often seek our own guidance
As to what’s best for men.
 
That didn’t work in days of old,
And nothing’s changed today.
We tend to offer up our plans
And not His, when we pray.
 
We translate what He said to us
Into words we prefer
Without stopping to realize
The sin that we incur.
 
For God Himself bade us listen
To the words that He spoke.
We need to hold them in our heart,
Not treat them like a joke.
 
He’s walked this path with us before,
He knows we do our best
To listen and to understand,
Then trust Him with the rest.
 
When God tells me, “Listen to Him”,
Then that’s what I will do.
I may not understand it all,
But He will help me through.
 
Matthew 17:5
He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”