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Listening Matters Today's Devotional Read: Psalm 85 Bible in a Year: Psalms 84–86; Romans I will listen what God the Lord says. Psalm 85:8 “Come at once. We have struck a berg.” Those were the first words Harold Cottam, the wireless operator on the RMS Carpathia, received from the sinking RMS Titanic at :25 a.m. April , 19. The Carpathia would be the first ship the disaster scene, saving 706 lives. In the US Senate hearings days later, the Carpathia’s captain Arthur Rostron testified, “The whole thing was absolutely providential. . . . The wireless operator was in his cabin at the time, not on official business at , but just simply listening as he was undressing. . . . In ten minutes maybe he would have been in bed, and we would not have heard the message.” Listening matters—especially listening God. The writers of Psalm 85, the sons of Korah, urged attentive obedience when they wrote, “I will listen what God the Lord says; he promises peace his people, his faithful servants—but let them not turn folly. Surely his salvation is near those who fear him” (vv. 8–9). Their admonition is especially poignant because their ancestor Korah had rebelled against God and had perished in the wilderness (Numbers :1–35). The night the Titanic sank, another ship was much closer, but its wireless operator had gone to bed. Had he heard the distress signal, perhaps more lives would have been saved. When we listen to God by obeying His teaching, He’ll help us navigate even life’s most troubled waters. In what ways will you stay attentive to God and the Scriptures today? How can doing so help you to help others? Father, help stay close You in my thoughts, words, and actions. Please use as Your servant bring Your hope others. 
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Prayer is a two way conversation..... talking to God and listening. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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