I would urge you to adopt this mantra as the overarching commitment and focus for 2024. So many other voices try and vie for our attention and distract us from a simple devotion to King Jesus.

This morning I am speaking to a group of high schoolers about this – Our great need to take care how we listen to the Lord.

I came across this great quote this morning from Charles Bridges who was a pastor back in the 1800s. His treatise on the Proverbs is a wonderful work and you can find it for free online. https://www.monergism.com/exposition-book-proverbs-ebook

He exhorts us: “Take care that God is the first person we speak to; that we see His face first before any other; else will our lamp be untrimmed, our soul estranged from His presence, and our heart unready for His service.”

Psalm 119:147 says: “I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words.”

Ask the Lord to give you and those whom you love a ravenous hunger for His Word and ears to hear what His Spirit is saying!