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Originally written by Charles H. Spurgeon.
Updated to modern English by Darren Hewer, 2010.

“Therefore, brethren, we are debtors.” Romans 8:12 (KJV)

As God’s creatures, we are all debtors to Him. We are indebted to obey Him with all our body, and soul, and strength. (Mark 12:30) All people have broken His commandments, and so we are debtors to His justice. We owe God a vast amount which we are not able to pay.

But Christians do not owe God’s justice anything, for Christ has paid the debt His people owed. For this reason the believer owes his debt instead to love. I am a debtor to God’s grace and forgiving mercy; but I am no debtor to His justice, for He will never accuse me of a debt already paid.

Christ said, “It is finished!” (John 19:30) and by that He meant that whatever His people owed was wiped away forever from the book of remembrance. Christ has fully and finally satisfied divine justice. The account is settled! The handwriting is nailed to the cross! The receipt is given! And we are debtors to God’s justice no longer.

But because we are not debtors to our Lord in that sense, we become ten times more debtors to God than we were before to His love. My friend, pause and ponder for a moment. What a debtor you are to divine sovereignty! How much you owe to His love, for He gave His own Son who died for you. Consider how much you owe to His forgiving grace, that after ten thousand sins against Him, He loves you as infinitely as ever.

Consider what you owe to His power, how He has raised you from your death in sin, preserved your spiritual life, kept you from falling, and though a thousand enemies have attempted to divert your path, nevertheless you have been able to “hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” (Hebrews 10:23)

Consider what you owe to His unchanging nature. Though you have changed a thousand times, He has not changed once. You are as deep in debt as you can be to every attribute of God. To God you owe yourself, and all you have. And for once, what a wonderful debt to owe! Yield yourself therefore “as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.” (Romans 12:1)

Question: How have you been living out your debt of love to God as a “living sacrifice” this week?

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Beloved, listen with your spirit to God’s Word in:
1 Samuel 3:10.
“The LORD came and stood there, calling as at the other times, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ Then Samuel said, ‘Speak, for your servant is listening.’

I bless you with awakening your spirit to the voice of God and tuning your spiritual ears to him. I bless you with being fully engaged with listening as a deliberate choice you make, a training you practice, and a process. Ask God to cleanse and alert your ears so that what you hear will not be dull or defiled. I bless you with fine-tuned ears to hear, so that the sound of heaven will open the heavenly spirit realm to you.

I bless you with quieting your soul in order to hear more clearly with your spirit ears. Your listening is very active, not passive. God speaks to you in many creative ways, and I bless you with setting your spiritual ears to his frequency to hear his voice in all its manifestations. I bless you with hearing the Father of your spirit in his Word, by faith, through revelation, by his Holy Spirit, through others, through his creation, etc. The heavens declare the glory of the Lord, and I bless you with hearing their declaration.

I bless you with willingness of spirit that makes you ready to hear every word from God. I bless you with focused spiritual attention on God, so that you are tuned to him.  I bless you with clearing out the static and interference so that you have clear reception. I bless you with a hearing spirit and an understanding heart to discern between good and evil, but also to discern between good, better, and best.

Enlightened spiritual hearing is vital to your spirit life, service, spiritual warfare, and worship. From the very beginning Israel was called to listen. “Hear, O Israel, the LORD your God is One.” I bless you with listening on the inside with commitment to obey. God has called every generation to hear him and act on what he says, from the children of Israel gathered to receive the Ten Commandments, to the voice of the prophets crying in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of the Lord,” to the words of our Lord Jesus in Revelation, “He who has ears, let him hear.” God will honor your spirit’s commitment to hear and to respond obediently and positively to the Holy Spirit.

I bless you with worship that is an echo of the sounds of heaven. I bless you with resonating in the same key, with keeping time with heavenly rhythm. There are new songs to sing to the Lord, songs of deliverance, songs of victory, sweet love songs from your Bridegroom, songs of comfort, songs of joy, songs of praise, and songs the Lord sings over you. I bless you with open heavens to hear and respond. Hearing leads you into deeper and sweeter intimacy and more responsiveness to him.

I bless you with a warrior’s keen hearing in your spirit. In times of spiritual battle, it is crucial to hear your commander. I bless you with active and accurate listening for deliverance, for freedom, for victory, for direction, for comfort. Through listening with your spirit, I bless you to possess your birthright, to understand your legitimacy, to receive affirmation, to know your Father’s time, timing, and seasons. I bless you with satisfaction of your longing to hear him say, “This is my child in whom I am well pleased.” I bless you in the name of the Father of your spirit (Hebrews 12:9).

By Sylvia Gunter

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