If you are like me, you have encountered conversations where you thought you were making a good point. Unfortunately, at some point you realize the person you were engaging was not listening. Subsequently, your words fall upon deaf ears as a friend replies, “huh, what did you say?”
We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand, Hebrews 5:11.
In recent years, the concept of selective hearing has become a common practice. Whether individuals are listening, talking or watching a person of interest, minds process only those things they like or relate to. All other topics are discarded, forgotten as if they were never spoken. A previous generation referred to this bad habit as being hard of hearing.
In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! – Hebrews 5:12
From a spiritual context, any person of faith that becomes comfortable with who or where they are has a tendency to reject certain passages of the Bible. This behavior stunts any type of consistent growth, resulting in wandering souls who experience emotional highs and lows. If only these people could sharpen their hearing, perhaps lives would be transformed. Yet, until Christians begin to feed themselves spiritually through daily Bible reading and prayer, you will continue to hear the lost proclaim,”huh, what did you just say.”
by Jay Mankus
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