The
expression above is often associated with conversations in everyday life; which
may be in the form of information, education or sometimes gossip. However, one
never really knows the value of the ears and hearing, until one tries finding
that out from a deaf man. Consider this! Who is in a better position of the
two; a blind man who cannot see but has heard about a solution to his
blindness, or a deaf man who can see but has never heard about a long-existing
solution to his deafness?
The
solution to a problem actually begins with the ears, not the eyes; as it is
impossible to doubt what is not first heard of, before further action can be
taken to see with the eyes. The ear is often the first place of information!
One may never
really know the value of what has not been heard until one finds that one has
been living for years in a world of ‘seeming’ impossibilities, suffering from the
disease of ignorance, just because one never heard of the existence of the
possibilities. It’s often said “In the
country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king!” but actually, “In the country of the blind, the
‘uninformed’ one-eyed man is worst of all!” and is a death-trap leader; the
most-informed out of the completely blind would be the king in such case. The
eye cannot see right when the ear keeps hearing wrong. The Word says “…And you shall know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free.” Knowledge remains power, and the truth that is ‘known’ is what sets free, not the truth
that is ‘seen’. Fact is; not really
everyone that is looking equally is seeing equally. “The best looker is not always the best seer!” Seeing correctly is
born out of knowing correctly. What and how the eye sees is often informed from
what the ears have heard.
What
is really your source of information? Who and what determines what and how you
hear, and how you understand and respond to what you heard? Blind Bartimaeus
only had hope of having his sight restored, when he first heard there was an
able healer somewhere called Jesus Christ. The Word says “Faith comes by hearing…” Hearing is also a foundation for
effective believing!
When
one listens continually, one is not only being informed, but one is also being
transformed gradually, to conform to what is being heard. Ever wondered why a
normal young man would suddenly start speaking, behaving and acting like or
atimes even starts resembling a popular music star that he admires greatly and
spends most of his time listening to? Yes! It’s not really just about the
sweetness of the songs’ rhythms in his ears; it’s also about the songs’ lyrics
which carries in it the artiste’s nature and personality; and through
continuous hearing of the songs, the young man’s mind and thoughts are being
trained to conform to that of the artiste subconsciously. Then gradually, from his
mind to his body; his thoughts grow into words, words grow into actions and
from actions, a different person with a different personality and mentality is
born; Just like the nature of God, will also rub off on a man who spends most
of his time listening to God’s words in one form or another; with the
expressions visible in his speech and actions.
Never
underestimate the ability of what is heard to totally redirect a man’s
thought-patterns, mind-state and consequently his entire life. Many hear what
everyone else hears, then ‘choose’ to understand it how everyone else
understands it and then unconsciously they start believing it how everyone else
believes it, then they end up living how everyone else is living, and of
course, getting the same ‘public’ or ‘popular’ results. A crowd-following mentality
often begins with a crowd-understanding mentality! When you think the way
‘they’ think, you can’t but also do the way ‘they’ do.
Everything
around us speaks! The media, friends, family; all seeking to be heard and
direct our lives; but our acceptance of any one is always by ‘choice’. A young
lady who had heard and ‘chose’ to believe, that all men are cheats; would make
a statement like the one I once heard from a lady, who said “all men are the
same and the best way to keep the peace, is to never think or care about what
he does outside, as long as he brings no lady into her matrimonial home.” Such
is what a wrong or improper information and following the crowd-mentality can
cause!
The generally
accepted world-system should never be made the standard for your life,
especially not for a true believer in God. God’s Word should be and keep being
what would determine how we understand and interpret whatever we hear around us.
The question should always be ‘What did God say about this?’ and not ‘What do
they say about this?’ Living by what ‘they’ said will only get you ‘their’ kind
of result, but living by faith in what God said will guarantee you God’s kind
of result.
You may not always
be responsible for what you hear, but you are fully responsible for how you
‘choose’ to understand what you heard, and how you respond to what you heard.
The final word concerning every matters of life can only be found in God’s Word
of truth, and the only path to true freedom is in the knowledge of that Word!
Please,
choose to hear God and not ‘them’!
Nice day friends!
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