March 2026

​Dear Church,

Let us be attentive!

“We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away”. Heb. 2:1.

God speaks. God always likes to communicate with us. When we have attentive ears, we can hear His voice loudly and clearly. Elijah was desperate to know what God’s response for his troubled heart would be (1 Kings 19:10-18). He was zealous for the Lord God Almighty and could not tolerate people disobeying God, and God-sent prophets. Whilst he was seeking for God’s
response, God did not tell him through which means He would speak to him. Elijah was left to take responsibility to be attentive and select God’s voice from all the other voices around. Elijah did not hear God in the stormy wind, the earthquake or the fire, but heard Him in a “gentle whisper” or a “still small voice.” The former powerful manifestations could have easily led Elijah to misread that they were from God. Yet he did not give up and was attentive until He heard God’s voice. Open-handed receptivity; a yearning to hear God.

God will speak. Are we preparing our family members to hear? Are we alerting our children to listen? How often do we ask effective questions such as “What is the invitation in this particular Scripture”? Or perhaps, “In what way is our life changing because we recognized and responded to God’s voice”? God spoke with Adam and Eve and when they were listening to His voice they had a wonderful time. 

The serpent can never tolerate us talking with God. Adam and Eve fell into the serpent’s deceptive scheme. They started hearing the deceiver’s voice rather than being attentive to the Creator’s voice. We must be attentive and discern where a voice is coming from so that we will not be led astray.

During this season of Lent, many people choose to either give up various things or practise self-discipline. Why not commit ourselves to practise attentiveness so we do not miss His gentle whisper?

God Bless,
Amutha