DO WE NEED A NOISE GENERATOR?
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
"The Greatest Man I Never Knew" Reba McEntire
The greatest man I never knew Lived just down the hall And everyday we said hello
But never touched at all He was in his paper I was in my room How was I to know he
thought I hung the moon
The greatest man I never knew Came home late every night He never had too much to say
Too much was on his mind I never really knew him And now it seems so sad
Everything he gave to us took all he had
Then the days turned into years And the memories to black and white
He grew cold like an old winter wind Blowing across my life
The greatest words I never heard I guess I'll never hear The man I thought could never die Has
been dead almost a year He was good at business But there was business left to do
He never said he loved me Guess he thought I knew
EVER HEARD OF AN AMBIENT NOISE GENERATOR?
WHAT WOULD THE SPIRIT OF GOD LIKE US TO HEAR?
WE REFUSE TO HEAR BECAUSE WE CAN NOT HAVE FAITH TO STAND STILL...
WE HAVE TO BE ON THE MOVE AND IN THE HEAT OF THE BATTLE...
2 Chronicles 20:15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou
king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this
great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
2 Chronicles 20:17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the
salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out
against them: for the LORD will be with you.
Seems we are a society that can not stand quiet, stillness.
I drove to a distant state to pick up a family member and take them to another family members
house. The young teenager was a wonderful kid. I met another family member half way and we
loaded the teen in my van. We ate together and the other family member left to return home.
We started our several hour journey to take them for an extended visit with the grandparents.
The teen got comfortable in the seat and pulled out BIG HEADSETS and put them over their ears.
I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING TIME with this family member that I rarely saw.
I wanted to get to know her and I wanted her to get to know me better.
I could hear the music blaring in her ears. I asked her about school? She said: WHAT? as
she removed her headset and answered my question. She put them back on and was grooving
on to the beat. After several attempts of having a discussion I just decided to shut up and drive.
Every now and then she would smile at me and I would smile at her.
I said: YOU HAVE A COOL UNCLE THAT LOVES YOU AND WOULD LOVE TO GET TO
KNOW YOU... SHE SMILED REAL BIG?
She knew every word to every song, but she refused to turn the music off to talk/listen.
1 Thessalonians 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your
own hands, as we commanded you;
HOW MANY TIMES HAS THE TELEVISION, RADIO OR STEREO HINDERED OUR
RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOD, FRIENDS AND FAMILY?
James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow
to wrath:
Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be
exalted in the earth.
WE SEARCH FOR GOD IN THE WIND? FIRE? EARTHQUAKE?
BE STILL AND LISTEN...
1 Kings 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a
still small voice.
WE NEED A MIRROR TO SEE...
IT MAYBE HARD TO GET A PROGNOSIS UNLESS WE LISTEN CLOSELY TO RECEIVE THE
REAL DIAGNOSES?
DIAGNOSES: the act of identifying the problem. The conclusion.
PRAGNOSIS: the treatment to correct and bring recovery...
LET US LISTEN TO GOD AND HIS WORD ABOUT DAILY LIVING...
1. LISTEN: ONE OF THE FIRST LESSONS GOD NEEDS US TO HEAR IS CONTROL YOUR DIET!
Proverbs 23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
You are what you eat.
My brother went to the doctor the doctor said: SPELL DIET?
He said: D-I-E! the doctor said: YOU ARE GOING TO DIE IF YOU DO NOT LOOSE WEIGH AND
CONTROL YOUR SUGAR...
We depend on caffeine, sugar, SALT, cholesterol --- JUNK, FAST FOOD --- WE WILL DIE.
2. LISTEN GOD WANTS YOU TO HEAR: YOU NEED DAILY EXERCISE
1 Timothy 4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life
that now is, and of that which is to come.
We hide behind profits a little... It does profit... DO IT...
3. LISTEN: DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM... FEAR, WORRY, STRESS, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE...
Luke 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the
earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
4. LISTEN TO GOD'S PLAN... WORK...
BEWARE OF LAZINESS, IDLENESS---
1 Thessalonians 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your
own hands, as we commanded you;
1 Timothy 5:13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle,
but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
5. GOD WANTS YOU TO TURN THE NOISE GENERATOR OFF AND LISTEN:
ANGER IS ONE LETTER FROM DANGER... CONTROL YOUR TEMPER, WRATH...
Ephesians 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Colossians 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication
out of your mouth.
6. LISTEN TO GOD'S HEART, PAY ATTENTION... MENTAL HABITS?
RENEW YOUR MIND--- GET OUT OF THE RUTS AND THINKING PATTERNS THAT BECOME TRAPS.
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever
things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good
report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
7. LISTEN TO THE PREACHER AND GOD'S SWEET SPIRIT... JOY IS NEEDED...
FIND TIME TO LAUGH AND REJOICE..
Philippians 3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is
not grievous, but for you it is safe.
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
Philippians 4:10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished
again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
CONCLUSION: Life is about menial daily choices. Do not blame others. Hold your self accountable.
Listen and correct.... His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
