Be careful How You Listen
(NCV) Luke 8:16 “No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a bowl or hides it under a bed. Instead, the person puts it on a lampstand so those who come in will see the light. 17 Everything that is hidden will become clear, and every secret thing will be made known. 18 So be careful how you listen. Those who have understanding will be given more. But those who do not have understanding, even what they think they have will be taken away from them.”
Well, this is one of those scriptures that I have undoubtedly read before, but have no memory of doing so. It is not the part about the lampstand that is hazy, nor is it the part about everything secret becoming clear. But, “be careful how you listen” in the NCV, or “take care then how you hear” in the NIV is not something I remember.
The key to this scripture is understanding the great responsibility we have in handling what we have been given. It is incumbent upon us to reflect God’s light, or that light will be dimmed; and to listen and truly understand or else our understanding will be taken away.
May we focus each day on knowing, believing and understanding that God gives to those who take care of whatever gift we have received.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Hoy Spirit. Amen.
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