In Touch Daily Devotional
April 12
Ignoring God
PSALM 81:8-16
8 Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me!
9 Let there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
10 I, the LORD, am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
11 But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not obey Me.
12 So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices.
13 Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!
14 I would quickly subdue their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries.
15 Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.
16 But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
Most of us dislike being ignored. We feel frustrated and overlooked when our concerns are disregarded, especially by loved ones. Yet this is often how we treat the One who loves us the most—the Lord. He is always attentive to every detail of our life, but we’re often too distracted by our own interests to think about Him.
Our God—who formed each of us in the womb and gives us life, breath, and all we have—deserves our full attention. Sadly, a majority of the world ignores Him, but those of us who have received His divine mercy, forgiveness, and grace should make Him our top priority.
Distractions come in many forms. Usually it’s the pleasures and cares of this world that cause us to forget about God. We’re so busy pursuing our own desires and agendas that we fail to stop and consider what pleases Him.
To change this trend, we must learn what the Lord desires for us, as revealed in His Word. When we begin to think the way He does, we’ll see our life through a filter of Scripture and have a desire to please Him.
