Blessed Are Our Ears

-April 12, 2023-

Good morning, happy Wednesday,

“He who has ears to hear, let him hear” (Matthew 11:15)!

“But blessed are your eyes for the see, and your ears for they hear” (Matthew 13:16).

God gave each one of us the precious gift of two eyes to see and two ears to hear. Isn’t it amazing how often we take them for granted until something happens to them. Then we realize how important all our senses are: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. If any of these are lost, even for a short time, it affects us physically, mentally, emotionally, and even spiritually.

I had a scheduled doctor appointment for my tongue. My dentist had noticed a small spot on my tongue and suggested I get it checked just in case it could be cancerous. I made a doctor appointment and took it in to show my doctor. I waited until after my cold was gone. Yesterday I went in and there was no longer any spot, whatever it was, it was gone. I praised and thanked God. My other problem was I couldn’t hear out my right ear. My doctor then looked inside my ear and it was blocked by a substantial amount of earwax. That was the impediment that was keeping keeping me from hearing in that ear.

About two weeks ago my right ear became clogged up to the point I couldn’t hear out of hardly at all. The next day I started a cold with sneezing and runny nose. Fortunately it didn’t lead to anything worse with any cough, fever, or sore throat. I got fully better in just a few days, however my right ear didn’t. Each day I thought it would improve, it didn’t.

The doctor’s assistant cleaned it all out. I could hear again as normal. I always have a lot of earwax build up but I can usually get it out myself; but it not this time. I was so happy and I kept saying, “I can hear! I can hear! It was a great answer to prayer. I can’t wait to share tonight at our Men’s prayer and Bible study. I rejoice and know the brothers will rejoice and thank God with me. The clogged ear had really affected my singing and my hearing of what people were saying.

As believers our spiritual hearing is even more important than our physical hearing. We have the privilege of hearing the Word of God. Jesus healed deaf people while He was here on earth and opened their hears so they could hear. Job 33:16 says, “Then He opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction.” Our ears are so important and we must utilize them to not only hear but to listen.

Jews rebuked the Jews in His day, for they had become full of hearing. Let this not be said of us. He told His disciples, “But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear.” We not only need to listen to God, but we need to listen to one another.

Robert W. Herron said, “Good listening is like tuning into a radio station. For good results, you can listen to only one station at a time. Trying to listen to my wife while looking over an office report is like trying to receive two radio stations at the same time. I end up with distortion and frustration. Listening requires a choice where I place my attention. To tune into my partner, I must first choose to put away all that will divide my attention. That might mean laying down newspaper, moving away from the dishes in the sink, putting down the book I’m reading, setting aside my projects.”

We all have ears, let us hear; we have time, let us focus on what God and others are saying and not be distracted. Our ears are blessed, let’s use them as intended and if there is any blockage or impediment, let’s clean them out. Have a blessed day hearing. Stay safe and healthy.

Praising God for the gift of hearing,

Dean