“Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.” | Ecclesiastes 5: 1

We couldn’t imagine the preacher stepping into the pulpit NOT being ready to preach!

We couldn’t imagine him NOT praying to God, begging God for His message of the hour. We couldn’t imagine him NOT earnestly asking for His blessing, and His Spirit in the delivery of His Word!

But have we ever stopped to realize that it is just as vital for us to be “ready to hear,” as it is for the preacher to be ready to preach?

How often do we come to worship assuming that our God will bless His message to our hearts? Our Lord said: “I WILL DO all these things for my people,” but in Ezekiel 36: 37 He said: “I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them.”

Our Lord plainly told us: “Ask, and it shall be given you!”

Do you desire a blessing from His Word today? Ask Him for it! Enquire of Him for it!

Ask Him to bring you to the house of God PREPARED for worship! Ask Him to make you “ready to hear,” beg Him for His message of the hour.

Earnestly ask Him for His blessing and His Spirit in the hearing of His Word!

Lord, make your servant ready to declare! …and make us your servants “ready to hear!”

~ Pastor Gabe Stalnaker

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