Article July 4, 1959 ISSUE

LISTENING TO GOD

JACK A. KRIEGER

Listening to God is a purely mental process. When one turns prayerfully and thoughtfully to a contemplation of existence as created and sustained by God, it may be said that his thought is open to good, or that he is receiving God's thoughts. Sometimes our inability to hear God stems from a reluctance to dispose of the insignificant erroneous thoughts which the human mind cherishes and which might be likened to "the little foxes, that spoil the vines," described in the Song of Solomon (2:15) in the Bible.

The prophet Isaiah foretold the blessing to be derived from listening to God. Alluding to God, he said (26:3), "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee." What does it mean to keep one's mind stayed on God? Simply this: to be conscious of the infinite, eternal presence and power of God and of man's relationship to God as His beloved child.

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