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What Voice has Our Ears?
shareJanuary 31, 2025
There is no end to the amount of voices in our lives anymore.
Podcasts, streams, reels, TV, books; on and on it goes.
Sorting through the cacophony to find the voices of truth can be very tiring.
Consequences of choosing the wrong advisors
As the people of Judah hurtled toward their judgement day, Jeremiah continued faithfully preaching his message of repentance.
In Jeremiah 23, he warns specifically against listening to profane and wicked priests and prophets who were corrupting the land, and in verse 16 he writes,
“Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.”
Almost 300 years earlier, after Solomon, the kingdom of Israel was on the brink when Rehoboam (his son) took the throne. Faced with a decision about what kind of leader he would be, he first turned to his father’s older advisors who cautioned him to be kinder and more relatable with the people.
Then, he turned to his peers who he had grown up with and they challenged him to be harder and more severe than his father.
Rehoboam chose the latter and the kingdom fractured into Israel (North) and Judah (South).
Why did he choose his peers’ advice? We aren’t really told. We also aren’t told that he ever asked for God’s advice and therein lies the greatest mistake.
Let’s ask ourselves:
Why do we listen to the voices that we do? Do we seek God’s advice or do we just seek out the voices that resonate most in our hearts, affirming what we already feel or think we know?
Too often, we give ear to voices of wealth or popularity or volume. We like those that are most like us and that tickle our feelings and emotions. They are heard and disastrous decisions are made.
Too often, we only want to hear what we want to hear.
Moon Landing? Flat or Round Earth? 911? Illuminati? COVID? Election Interference? NFL favoring the Chiefs?
What are the voices we listen to telling us?
This is why true Biblical education is so crucial for our world. If only one voice (worldview) is teaching children and it is a voice that doesn’t follow God’s truth, can you picture what society would soon look like?
Having options is good, but it is even more crucial that we make the correct choice about what voice (worldview) we expose our children to within those options.
Friendship Baptist Church and Christian School continue to be committed to teaching with a Biblical worldview voice. We pray that God will bring families and students to us for whom that voice is also crucial.
As we finish this year and look ahead to the next, please join us in praying that God will keep us centered on His will and His voice above all others.
Mr. David McClain, Head of School at FCS, shares insights relating to Christian education, biblical worldview, building Christian character, and current events. Read the archives here.