LISTEN!! …are you hard of hearing or have you been eating mixed seed? Reality versus Truth!

I have something interesting to share with you which God revealed to me a while ago. There are two examples from the Bible I will be sharing and both of them you might never have read this way before. It is all about your “ears”! 🙂 – 1. Choosing what you listen to/ who you listen to. 2. Believing God and what He sais about you no matter what! Please note, once again, these are revelations He gave me and, I believe, Holy Spirit led conclusions for it. He might show you something different which is great. A well-known pastor once said that every time he opens the Bible he asks the Holy Spirit to help him read it that day as if he has never read it before. And because of this, he has received many different revelations on the same scriptures/stories. The Word of God is truly ALIVE! So here we go…

Lev. 19:19b “…You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon you.”

In Numbers we read about Moses and the Israelites in the desert… chapter 11:4-6 tells us…

“Now the mixed multitude who were among them yielded to intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: “Who will give us meat to eat? We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; but now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!””

The Israelites were complaining and crying out for meat. Keep in mind, these are the same people who witnessed the Red Sea part, walked through it, saw God leading them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, saw God’s provision for them through manna and water, etc.

But take a look at the first part of verse 4….. “mixed multitude who were among them”. Ever noticed the “mixed multitude” or wondered who they were? Zondervan Bible Commentary explains: “Mixed multitude/rabble is a term for the non-Israelite mixed group of people who followed the Israelites out of Egypt, pointing to a recurring source of complaints and trouble in the camp. Those who did not know the Lord and His mercies incited those who did know him to rebel against Him.” Now isn’t that a little piece of detail we easily missed!!? You can’t help but wonder just how many of the problems/doubts/unbelief among the Israelites actually originated not from them but rather from the “mixed multitude”?

By reading this, I once again felt God reminding me of being careful to whom I lend my ears. Where do I go for advice in my personal life and issues? Will I listen to people who do not know the Lord yet, though they are very convincingly sure of themselves – worldly wise? Do I listen to people who might be “Christians” but have no living relationship with God and therefore will give “good” advice out of own knowledge and experience? Or will I listen to people who knows God intimately, listens to Him and will seek His heart for me when I need help/advice/comfort? Wisdom would be to choose the last option. I can have many friends but I have only a few (according to the leading of
Holy Spirit) to whom I pour my heart out and from whom I take advice.

Another example which God showed me one morning was in Exodus with the Gold Calf. Many times, during prayer, God would show me how He puts earrings on my ears which, in that moment, was always symbolic of what He was saying about me. Who I am, the plans He has for me, Who He is and Who He wants to be to me. He adorns me with Himself by speaking over me and I hear and receive. Just the same, while praying for someone else and speaking the beautiful things God shows me for that person, I will see a picture of how He is hanging earrings on the person – sometimes they are golden, or with pearls, or diamond earrings etc. Always beautiful. 🙂

Rom.10:17 “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

Luk.4:21 “And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Ezek.16:12 “And I put a jewel on your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.”

There are many examples of the “earrings” which God hung on the ears of the Israelites. One of these was a promise in Ex. 3:8 “So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey….”

Later we read in Exodus 32 that Moses had gone up the Mountain to meet with God. But he was taking too long, according to the Israelites.

Ex.32:1,2 “Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”And Aaron said to them, “Break off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. 4 And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf.“

The Israelites were wondering – is Moses coming back? They started to fear. What was their mistake? They were looking to Moses who sought God on their behalf, instead of looking to God. They had forgotten what God had said about them. So it was just fitting when Aaron answered their plea, that he told them in verse 2 to take off their “earrings”, to hand them over and from that, the golden calf was fashioned. An idol/god came from unbelief. They were listening to each other instead of believing what God said. My friend, you can serve ONLY one God.

Make no mistake, it’s sometimes very easy to rather listen to reality instead of truth! And if you find you have, well, go pick up your earnings from the dirt and put them back on before the enemy fashions an idol of it and it eventually becomes your god! Keep speaking the Truth over your life. What does God say about you? This is who you are. You are His and He has great plans for you. The Bible is full of it. You were created with a purpose and a calling. The enemy knows this and he will try everything to steal that from you! Know this today: God LOVES you more than you will ever know. He has GOOD plans for you. Now, put THAT on your ears! 🙂