Hear Him Today Psalm 95:7

7For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,



We are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. He is our God and we are His people. His pasture is green and plenteous and His hand is both sure and strong. God is responsible for our lives. We are to hear His voice and we are to heed His voice. Sheep respond to the voice of their shepherd. They hear his voice and they know it and they follow that voice. God's voice is to be a familiar voice to us. We are to hear His voice and we are to follow His voice.

David give us a word of warning as he writes, "8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9When your fathers tempted me, proved me." The day of provocation was a day when the children of Israel murmured and complained about not having water to drink when God had led then out of the evil hands of Pharaoh. God led the through the Red Sea; He had sent plagues on Pharaoh; He had delivered them from the death angel. God had fed them and given them water to drink every day that they had been in the wilderness and they still grumbled and complained at Moses as if God was not taking care of them, as He should have been.

As result of their complaining and disobedience, God caused them to wonder in the wilderness for 40 years until every adult make over the age of 12 died in the wilderness, with the exception of Joshua and Caleb. He did not want their disobedience to follow them into the land of promise. God does not like our disobedience today any more than He did then. I wonder how many people's lives are being held back in the wilderness because of their disobedience and the blessings of God are only a short trip away.

Just like the children of Israel, we have seen God's work. We know that He is capable of doing great and wonderful things. We know that His strong hand is there to provide for us as well as protect us. So, why would we choose any other direction than that the Lord has for us? Why would we even try to tempt the Lord in any way by refusing to be obedient to Him?

There is hope in this passage of scripture. The invitation to hear Him and heed Him is "today". When we make the decision to heed His instruction, the direction of our lives changes, immediately and that change is for the best every single time.