My husband and I have a habit of drinking our morning coffee and watching the birds in our backyard sanctuary. Last night, we had read the story of creation in Genesis, and had talked about vs. 21 - 22 in which He made every living thing, and the 'winged creatures.' Vs. 22 says "And God blessed them..." This is the first blessing recorded. How interesting.
Anyway, as I was watching and listening and remembering our conversation, I noticed certain birds calling out, then listening; calling, then listening. They would repeat the call, then listen until they heard the same call back. Then a beautiful conversation would fill the air: the bird in our back yard carrying on a conversation with the bird in the distance until that bird returned home. It knew the way because it focused on one voice calling.
The bird didn't respond to all the other birds calling. It knew it's own kind, and the bird in the distance recognized it's call, responded and let the sound lead it.
These blessed winged creatures reminded me of Zephaniah 3:17: "The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing."
I have always marveled at the thought that God was singing over me. But this morning it took a new twist.

Could it be that as God is rejoicing over us with singing, He is also waiting for us to respond? We will hear His song when we sing the duet with Him?

Like the winged creatures He created, He calls and listens intently for our answer. As He calls and we answer, He leads us. As we tune our ears to His voice alone, we are quieted with His love and led in His ways. He listens for our voice since we are made in His image and our hearts are His...we are His own 'kind.' He longs for our conversation, desires our song back to Him.
The Lord takes great delight in you and I. He quiets us with His love, and He rejoices over us with singing. What an amazing God we serve. Oh, how He loves us!
Tune your ears to His voice alone, focus your eyes on Him. And keep the conversation going as He leads you.

Focused On Him,
Ann