Lauren Daigle – You Say

There is a pull back to God’s word and being skilled in it that makes a difference in the life of a disciple. What a witness to be seen as someone who has a trained tongue and a trained ear, possessing words of wisdom because they were taught and instructed by the Lord. Their words reflect a message to others from Him. Those words bring comfort and sustain those who are broken and tired. My ideal role as a disciple is to listen to the Lord. Every morning to listen to God. More than anything I would love to be a support for those who are weary and that only comes through God’s word, not mine. It is a must, as a disciple, to listen to the words of God every day.

I remind myself that a “taught” disciple is a person who has an intimate association with a master having learned what he knows and in my case, that association is with Jesus.

The Lord God has given me
    the tongue of those who are taught,
that I may know how to sustain with a word
    him who is weary.
Morning by morning he awakens;
    he awakens my ear
    to hear as those who are taught. – Isaiah 50:4  ESV

I love the way that intimacy is shared in this verse – He awakens my ear; He does not awaken me. There is a difference.

Isaiah chapter 50 uses the word limmud – disciple – more than the word “servant” which is used in all of the other songs that Isaiah wrote. I am encouraged to be a listener and a teacher. My teacher is not a person, but rather I am a disciple of God, being obedient to Him. It is my unwavering following that gives me this position of bringing healing with His word.

To be victorious in this role of discipleship, I have God as my helper. He sustains me by talking to me through His word and He gives me the Holy Spirit to preserve my commitment to follow Him. 

To be victorious is to walk my walk each day and to help others by walking with them.