EARS TO HEAR
(The Sound of Otherness)


Previously I commented about “songs of deliverance” (Ps.32:7) and I asked you if you were able to hear them surrounding you. This business of hearing things supernatural can be a very tricky thing to try and accomplish.

Hearing spiritual things requires spiritual ears tuned to frequencies which are outside (above & beyond) our earthly senses. To be open for and sensitive to such transcendent sonic-ness we have to first desire to hear the “otherness” coming forth from God’s eternal kingdom. And, then, we have to begin to understand that such hearing as that doesn’t happen through casual contact. Relationship is required in order for the lines of communication to be strung into place. For without a connecting point to “things above” (Col.3: 1-3) our reception can only be random at best. And, regardless of the increasingly popular “post-modern-mind-set” randomness isn’t necessarily the best way to move thorough ones life and times. That however is a subject for another blog down the road a ways - perhaps.

For now --- how’s your link to the Trinity? Dropped any calls lately?

A pondering: In John 12, verses 28 & 29 we are told how the sounds of heaven can be received ---- or not. Verse 28 says that “a voice out of heaven” spoke. Verse 29 gives us two examples of how such a sound as that can be processed. One group of bystanders responded by stating “that it had thundered”. The other respondents said that “an angel had spoken”. If you’ll allow me just a little flex room with this passage please, I think there could well have been a third group present at that moment of “divine encounter” who missed it all together. That group would have been comprised of those who heard nothing at all. No thunder. No angels. No nothing. Personal experience has taught me that such people are still among us today. Just look around. There are folks everywhere who never hear (or see) any evidence of God’s presence, power or purpose on the earth or in the heavens above (see Rom.1:20). Sad but true.

When the voice of the Lord speaks which group are you in? As “songs of deliverance” are being sung around you, you may or may not be aware of them. That all depends on how receptive you are to things eternal. And, that’s a “where your treasure is” sort of thing (Luke 12:22-34).

Can you hear Him now? Just checking.

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GOD’S GOT YOU COVERED

“You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble;
You surround me with songs of deliverance.” Selah. (Ps.32:7)

I do a lot of pondering. I turn things over in my head, heart and spirit. I examine, re-consider, and generally think about stuff in ways that some folks don’t want to be bothered by. So be it. We’re all “fearfully and wonderfully made” ya know (Ps.139:14).

There’s a word (besides nuts) for someone who filters life that way.
(Contemplative: Marked by or given to contemplation)

A contemplative person practices contemplation.
(Contemplation: A. Concentration on spiritual things as a form of private devotion B. Acts of considering with attention (Midrash: Hebrew for study) C. The act of regarding steadily)

Here’s a portion of a recent pondering that I thought I’d blogify 4 u: The verse I’ve quoted above tells us that we’re surrounded by “songs of deliverance”. The KJV says God will “compass” us about. To compass (or encompass) something means to cover it from every possible angle and perspective. North, South, East, West as well as above and beneath. In other words the Spirit of God daily covers us with such deliverance songs. From every direction we turn, from where we stand, and to wherever we might ascend --- songs (KJV says “shouts”) of deliverance are there waiting to be heard, sung, and appropriated into our lives.

Did you know that? Can you hear them?

More about all that in the daze ahead (see Ps.139:7-10). For now, try a little selahness.

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Commenting on the phrase “You shall surround me with songs of deliverance”, Charles Spurgeon says this: “What a golden sentence! David is surrounded with song and with dancing mercies, all proclaiming the triumphs of grace. There is no breach in the circle; it surrounds him. On all sides, he hears music, in front, hope sounds the cymbals, and behind, gratitude beats the timbrel. Right and left, above and beneath, the air resounds with joy.” (From “The Treasury of David” /By: Charles Spurgeon)