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Let These Words Sink Down into Your Ears

As Jesus neared the end of His public ministry, He began to focus His disciples even more on the gravity of those events that were on the horizon.  The serious nature of the events was not merely due to the physical suffering that our Lord would endure, but the most remarkable and most decisive event of all time was just days away from Jesus and the whole world.   The Creator of mankind was going to sacrifice His own life to become the Savior of mankind.  Oh, what a thought!

In Luke 9, the followers of Jesus “were all amazed at the majesty of God.  But while everyone marveled at all the things which Jesus did, He said to His disciples, ‘Let these words sink down into your ears…’” (9:43-44).  Can you imagine being there and hearing Jesus preach about faith, salvation and His atoning sacrifice?  In our imaginations, we can easily envision His words entering our ears, being carefully processed in our hearts and minds, and then sinking deep down into our very souls to be stored up and cherished.  If Jesus said to let these words sink down into our ears, what other words do we need to absorb into the recesses of our hearts and lives?

Let these words sink down into your ears:  “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son…” (John 3:16).  Stop.  Give them time to sink down.

Let these words sink down into your ears:  “The Lord is…longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish…” (2 Pet. 3:9).  Stop.  Let them sink down.

Let these words sink down into your ears:  “God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)…” (Eph. 2:4-5).  Stop.  Give those words time to sink down.

Let these words sink down into your ears:  “For we know that…we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens…Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God…” (2 Cor. 5:1, 5).  Stop.  Give them time to sink down.

Let these words sink down into your ears:  “We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose…If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Rom. 8:28, 31).  Stop.  Give those words time to sink down.

Read His Word slow enough to let it sink down.