Passage Read: Mark 3-4
Meditation Verse: 4:24
Thought
"Consider carefully what you hear." This is the command. Because how I respond to God's word will be the same way God responds to me--and even more! If I consider carefully what God is saying and am eager to obey it, then the Lord will be eager to teach me more. But if I don't think much about it and what I should be doing in response to it, the Lord will not simply give me little, He'll take away even what little I already have!
Application
If I don't think much of God's instructions to me, I'll find myself left out of His kingdom. But if I think the world of His teachings and diligently put them into practice, then He will teach me even greater things! I want Him to find me a diligent and careful student, so that He takes delight in revealing more and more of His thoughts and heart. So I need to value and obey all He teaches, not just the easy stuff and not just the stuff I like, but all He teaches.