Christ was a powerful speaker because He was a sensitive listener!

Christ was a powerful speaker because He was a sensitive listener! Why is this important? Because God speaks in a still small voice! So how did Jesus listen?

“They had marked how often He spent long hours in solitude in communion with His Father…As He returned from the hours of prayer that closed the toilsome day, they marked the look of peace upon His face, the sense of refreshment that seemed to pervade His presence. It was from hours spent with God that He came forth, morning by morning, to bring the light of heaven to men. The disciples had come to connect His hours of prayer with the power of His words and works.”—TMB 103

“All who are under the training of God need the quiet hour for communion with their own hearts, with nature, and with God… We need to have a personal experience in obtaining a knowledge of the will of God. We must individually hear Him speaking to the heart. When every other voice is hushed, and in quietness we wait before Him, the silence of the soul makes more distinct the voice of God. He bids us, ‘Be still, and know that I am God’. This is the effectual preparation for all labor for God. Amidst the hurrying throng, and the strain of life’s intense activities, he who is thus refreshed will be surrounded with an atmosphere of light and peace. He will receive a new endowment of both physical and mental strength. His life will breathe out a fragrance, and will reveal a divine power that will reach men’s hearts.”—MH 58