Listening to Jesus is a primary work of the disciple. You won’t make
disciples if you aren’t being a disciple, and you won’t be a disciple if
you aren’t listening to Jesus. All it takes is time to see if we are
interested in following Jesus OR if we’ve been serving him to validate
ourselves. We probably feel it before we can say it, but rather than love,
joy peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, and self control bubbling out of
our lives, we become increasingly irritable, busy, angry, jealous, and
impulsive.
The invitation tonight is nothing less than ReOrienting life back to the
feet of Jesus with the intention of Listening to him.