We have instant access to fifty six million TV shows at the touch of a button, or a movie. It's like an avalanche of sound, a tsunami of noise. We know about things that are happening on the other side of the planet almost as soon as it happens.
We hear, we hear, we hear...
BUT THIS IS NOT A BLOG TO CRITICIZE these "advancements" in technology.
I'm just calling attention to one of the side effects of living in a society that makes it possible to close ourselves off from one another with a simple pair of headphones.. a pair of earbuds... And that is:
NO ONE IS LISTENING ANYMORE
I'm also not writing to tell you to take your earplugs out and listen to someone for a minute. NO. NO. NO.
Listening.....true listening.....has to start in the heart - not the ears. If you don't want to listen to me, if I don't want to hear you - it's a matter of the heart not the ears. I can force you to remove your earbuds, put your phone down, stop texting.. but I cannot make your heart soft enough to care about what I want to say. If you don't want to listen.. .why speak to you at all?
It's everyone's right to decide IF they want to listen. If you want to cut yourself off from the world, that's a heart decision of yours. BUT.. as a result....
We have gotten used to not being listened to.
We have grown accustomed to speaking and no one hears us.
We don't expect to be heard anymore.
And that's the reason I am writing this.
To remind us - me - you - that
God has not changed.
When we speak to Him He doesn't have His ear buds in, as He checks His text messages and emails on His smartphone and reads the headlines while watching a movie and nodding like He is listening but isn't really.
This lack of listening all around us can convince us of a lie - that God is also NOT LISTENING. So why pray if He isn't listening?
So we stop praying.
But HE IS LISTENING.
So... speak up.
He longs to hear your heart.
He created it.
He created it.
Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.
Isaiah 65:24
