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Hearing, Listening and Being Attentive


God has ears!

Not sure?  Hear me out…

The Psalmist wrote:  “I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and He will hear me.”  (Psalm 77:1)

To hear is to have the capacity of perceiving sound, to be able to become aware of sound; to perceive or become aware of by the ear.

The Psalmist was convinced that God hears our prayers.  In another passage, we find that God listens to us:

“We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.”  (John 9:31)

To listen is to be alert to catch an expected sound.

God hears our prayers and He listens to them and not only that, He is attentive to our prayers:

“Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.”  (2 Chronicles 7:15)

To be attentive is to be mindful and observant.

All of us want to be heard, to be listened to and to have someone be attentive to what we say.  While we don’t really know if God has ears like ours, we can know that He does hear our prayers, that He really listens to them and that He is very attentive to them.

I’m feeling really heard!

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