Hearing We Hear Not!
One of our abilities that is very important in our spiritual growth is hearing. I expect if you have not become a good listener you have had very little spiritual growth. This is very apparent in our natural life as well as our spiritual life. So much off our growth comes from hearing new thoughts and ideas.
In this day and age our natural hearing is bombarded with sounds of one kind or another. If we do not put up some defense to block some of this input we go nuts. The problem with this is we block out some of the things that we really need to hear.
It is easier to hear the lie than it is to hear truth. In politics, this is quite obvious. In our spiritual journey this is also true. The enemy can lie to us and we accept it. God speaks the truth to us and we reject it.
One of the voices that speak to us if we have ears to hear is the faith God has given to us. It does not shout at us, it only whispers. I have come to believe it is the clearest and most sure way of hearing God’s voice on a daily basis. This faith that comes from God cannot be deceived! For those that are not dull of hearing and are listening, it is there for you every day in all kinds of situations.
Faith speaks to you and says; “Don’t say that.” Because we are not paying attention we say it anyway. Other times it says; “Don’t be involved in that conversation” and we do. Don’t read that book, we do! Go and visit your friend in the hospital, we are too busy and he dies that night. I could go on and on. I am sure you know what I am saying. The faith of God is active in you if you will listen and act. You see just hearing is not enough. There is some action that is involved.
The sad part is if we ignore this still quiet voice long enough we will not hear it any longer because we have blocked it out and become deaf.