Keep Hearing and Hearing God's Word

"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." (Romans 10:17)

None of us have a full grasp of God's Word, and there is something new which God's living Word can show us.

For the longest time, I found that I was not listening diligently to God's Word. I had gotten so busy with doing other things, writing, blogging, activism, looking for work, etc.

I need to keep hearing, too.

"And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee." (Exodus 15:26)

and then

"Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day." (Deuteronomy 15:5)

and also

"And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:" (Deuteronomy 28:1)

Then we find Romans 10:17: Faith comes by hearing and hearing.

"Hearken diligently" in the Hebrew is literally "hear hear", the verb printed twice to form an intensive.

We need to keep hearing God's Word.

We need to see Jesus in the Word, keep receiving the strong and growing testimony of His grace and peace in our lives.

"Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else." (Isaiah 45:22)