As urgent and important as the familiar words of warning "Stop, Look, Listen" at railroad crossings are Mary Baker Eddy's words "listen," "follow," "rejoice" in her poem entitled "Feed My Sheep." She writes (Poems, p. 14),
"I will listen for Thy voice,
Lest my footsteps stray;
I will follow and rejoice
All the rugged way."
God's voice, or Word, is frequently used in the Bible to refer to God's law, or God's will. "Hear ye the word of the Lord" is a command which the prophets of the Old Testament gave and they themselves obeyed. As they heeded it, they were protected and provided for, as were the children of Israel when they obeyed God's command to Moses to go forward, and went through the Red Sea to safety.
