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HELEN SANDERS
12-6-2021
HE THAT HATH AN EAR
As a child I had the mumps, whooping cough, chronic bronchitis, and all of the other childhood diseases like measles and chicken pox. Every one of them affected my hearing. Then I lost some of my hearing and was not able to buy hearing aids for a long time. A friend gave me a pair that she had, and everything changed. I didn’t realize the things that I was missing by having a hearing loss. I could hear the birds singing again, and also learned that our clock ticked. Not hearing in the physical is extremely hard, not just for the one that can’t hear, but for those that speak to them. Often people would get frustrated when I was unable to hear what they had to say. Often, I thought they said one thing, but they said something else.
Then there are those that do not hear spiritually. If one has never been born again, they are severely handicapped. They cannot grasp what God says. Holy Spirit will speak to them, convicting them of their sin, but often he is tuned out. Eventually He will stop speaking when the heart is hardened.
In the Book of Revelation Jesus spoke to each of the seven churches and at the end of each message He said, “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” This is repeated to each church. Apparently, they were dull of hearing. The Holy Spirit tries to bring to us God’s word, but if we don’t listen, we miss out. Unfortunately, each of those seven churches no longer exists. They got the letter John was told to send them, but they didn’t heed the warning. They were spiritually deaf.
There are spiritual “hearing aids” for the believer. The most important one is listening to scripture. Our faith is built by “hearing” the word of God. God speaks most of the time through the word. It is very rare that God speaks audibly but it can happen. Satan will deceive people and they may hear a voice, but if it is God speaking it will never, I say never, contradict the word of God.
In the days ahead as we move closer to the return of our Lord, Jesus Christ we must listen more than ever. We must spend more time reading the word of God than the newspaper, the television, the internet, or our phones. What we listen to will affect our lives more than we can believe. The internet provides quick answers to questions, but they are not all accurate. We must take our ear to the word of God and see if what we have heard from the world lines up with the scriptures.
Every day we put quizzes in our newsletter, and it is surprising how many people that have known the Lord for years miss the questions. Perhaps we each need to “get the wax out” of our spiritual ears and listen more. Spend time alone with God in your prayer closet. Spend more time reading the word, and then you won’t be deceived. Spend time listening to anointed preaching that preaches from the Word of God, and not their own opinion.
“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” (Rev. 2:7; 2:11; 2:17; 2:29; 3:6; 3:13; 3:22.)
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