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So, once again, I'll just put on display God's Word:

"I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.... I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. ... What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear unto this day. ... I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? ... For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. ... For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance." - Rom 11:4-5, 7-8, 11-12, 15-18, 29 KJV

The Lord will complete that which He began with Israel. We would be wise to take note of His purposes and say, "Amen!" and offer ourselves to Him anew.

Even to simply to pray His Word, to join our hearts to His, is precious to Him.

I appreciated what one poster admonished us to do, ie., listen for His voice in His Word. Ask Him to help us to see what He sees and to feel what He feels. I've been praying this prayer many many years. I've heard His voice since my earliest days, for my heart was soft to Him and I didn't want it to ever become hardened to His voice.

I've learned over these 38 years of knowing the Lord ( from 6 years pre-LC) that being simple and humble in receiving His Word like a child is critical. That, and OBEYING it, is the only way to maintain my hearing ability. Like the poster said, we must be clean, ie., have our hearts cleansed of all bitterness and unforgiveness.

"The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!" - Mat 6:22-23 KJV