Listeners With No Ears – Anne Adams
“Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.” Matthew 13:9 KJV
As Pastor Mike entered the pulpit before the sermon, he noticed Miss Henry sitting in the third row. Not unusual he thought, since she was somewhat deaf, she could better hear the sermon from that position (or hear something she could ponder, censure and then spread around).
As he began to preach, Mike noticed that Miss Henry had extracted something small from her purse which she inserted in her ear. Probably her hearing aid he thought, as he continued speaking. Then after a few moments he noticed she was wearing a scowl, which after a moment became a grimace.
As he continued to speak, she suddenly reached up to snatch the hearing aid from her ear, stuff it back in her purse and sit stiffly upright. Amusing, Mike thought as he realized the reason for her action. His topic was avoiding judgmental gossip, and since that was her special talent Miss Henry obviously didn’t like what she was hearing!
In our opening passage, Jesus asked that his listeners open their ears to His message. Unfortunately, that’s something we often fail to do — especially when it’s not what we want to hear.
So, what is it we don’t want to hear? Perhaps God is nudging us into a new area of service; or maybe he’s correcting us for a fault or asking that we change our mind about a task. Whatever it is, when we don’t listen, we may become stalled on our spiritual journey. When that happens, you might say we’re a ‘listener with no ears’.
So, what to do? Try this: the next time you get a divine nudge, listen — and listen carefully, then follow through on it, for your benefit and His glory.
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