We Need To Hear God

We Need To Hear God “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.” Matthew 13:14 So often throughout our lives as Christian’s we hear God’s word taught to us every Sunday, but many times we don’t really understand what it really is saying to us. I recall a funny story that I believe illustrates this so well. An elderly couple was sitting by a romantic fireside one evening when the husband looked over at his wife and said, “After fifty years, I’ve found you tried and true.” The wife’s hearing wasn’t very good, so she said, “What?” He repeated a little louder, “After fifty years, I’ve found you tried and true.” Thinking she heard him this time she replied, “After fifty years I’m tired of you too.” The beautiful moment was confused not by a lack of communication, but rather by the inability to hear clearly, as neither had their hearing aids. Let me assure you that after fifty years of marriage, this couple eventually got their conversation back on the right track. Nevertheless, a spiritual lesson can be learned from this funny story. The problem we face in hearing God is not a lack of communication on God’s part. Usually, our inability to hear God is caused by obstructions getting in our way. So often we become distracted by the worries of this world, and the deceitfulness of wealth that makes us take our eyes off God and our trust in Him, and rely instead on our own self and our own abilities. We must never forget God’s word that tells us that He controls our lives and directs our paths. It is when we begin to go our own way, disregarding God’s word, and His promises that He will provide all our needs, that we fall short. When we begin to trust in God and obey His commands we all can hear the Lord say, “But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.” Matthew 13:16 My Daily Devotional Volume III March 15 Robert William Brock, Jr.