Hard of Listening

A New Start – Day 23

Filly’s great-grandfather wore a hearing aid.  When his wife would call from the other room, he often would not react.  However, if she mentioned him while talking in a normal voice on the other side of their home, he would ask what they were talking about.  We would joke that he was not hard of hearing but hard of listening.

The people of Israel were like that too.  Today I read (Exodus 16-18) about when they were given manna to eat and were told to not save any for the next day except the day before the Sabbath.  Then they were told not to gather on the Sabbath.  There were some who tried to save some and there were others who tried to gather on the Sabbath.  Both failed miserably.

How many times, when we fail, is it because we were not listening.  We fail to listen to the advice of friends who warn us about bad deals or bad relationships.  We fail to listen to the Bible that gives us advice on many of life’s decisions.  I know that I have made many bad decisions in my life that could have been avoided if I had only listened to good advice from godly friends and the Bible.

I challenge you and me to keep our minds open to wisdom.  When there are important decisions to make, let’s check out what the Bible has to say about it and listen to the advice of godly friends.  Let’s improve our listening ability starting today.