“In one ear, out the other” (How we Hear- part 5)

Isn’t it interesting how you can listen to a speech, message, or movie with a group of people, but everyone for the most part has their own interpretation of what they just heard? Im betting that the person(s) that were speaking had only intended to communicate one thing, but somehow the message was lost in translation. And when I say lost, I mean ignored. :)

I believe when it comes to how we hear, sometimes we only hear what we want to hear. It’s not that were incapable of the latter, it’s just that we naturally gravitate to what sounds pleasing to us in particular. In fact, we are so good at this, sometimes we can listen, block a few words, and continue listening without missing a beat… but in actuality, we missed a few beats.

It’s like the time when God was warning Pharaoh (The Ruler of Egypt) to set free the people he was enslaving. But because it didn’t quite line up to Pharaoh’s plans or what he wanted to hear, he pretty much CHOSE to ignore God all together. So basically God hardened Pharaoh’s heart by asking him to do something he didn’t want to do. Oh, and if you don’t the rest of the story, God eventually got what He wanted.

We have to make the choice to hear the things that we sometimes don’t want to hear, and not let it go in one ear, and out the other.