Listening

Who we listen to is so critical.

At first, Adam and Eve listened to God’s voice. 

But then Eve listened to the voice of the serpent.   

And Adam, in turn, listened to Eve.  Genesis 3:17 - To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.  

Cain failed to listen to God’s warning about sin crouching at the door.  He killed his brother. 

Noah listened to God, obeying him and preparing an ark for the rescue of Noah, his family, as well as the animals. 

Abraham listened and believed God’s promise.  

When Sarah suggested to Abraham that he take Sarah’s servant, Hagar, and have a child with her, Abraham listened to Sarah.  And Ishmael was born – not the child of promise. 

Sarah listened from the tent when the Angel of the Lord spoke, but laughed, thinking her circumstance was too hard for God.   

Who we listen to, and how we listen, makes all the difference. 

Romans 10:17

 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.