Hear Me
It might be that one of the greatest challenges today is the challenge of wanting to be heard. Everyone desires to be heard because being heard means you exist and matter.
I know of no one who could care less if they were valued in some way or other. We long to know that God values us, and we long to be valued by others. We want our lives to matter on some level or other.
The importance of “hear me” is common to all.
No one wants to sit at a table where they are disregarded. Most will deduce that they have better things to do with their time.
I will go as far as to say that you cannot show respect to another person until you have demonstrated a willingness to listen to them.
Listening is a demonstration of having an interest in knowing another person’s heart.
Lecturing is not listening. Thinking of your next response is not listening. Listening requires being very intentional because its aim is to hear the language of the heart so it can respond accordingly to the heart. It is connecting at a different level.
Being heard ascribes value to a person like nothing else can. Just as being ignored can devalue a person and minister rejection to them.
Have you ever sat at a meal with someone who dominated everyone’s time by endless talking? Was the experience a pleasant one? Did you go away inspired and eager to do it again?
Jesus asked a question and then answered it,
John 8:43 Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.
In other words, Jesus says you cannot hear my heart because you are not truly listening to me.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat the fruit of it, Proverbs 18:21.
Until there is a vested interest in what is being said, listening cannot truly occur. The way to become vested is to work on the motivation for hearing in the first place. By placing value on whoever it is speaking, we begin to tune our heart ears to what is being said, and we begin to understand in ways that before escaped us. This is especially important when it comes to God speaking to us. There needs to be a motivation in us that longs to know His heart and understand what it is He is speaking to us.
In other words, we place a high value on Him as a person, and thus, we give our attention to Him and desire to hear His words with the purpose of better understanding who He is and what He desires.
The law of sowing and reaping operates in the area of our lives just as it does in all others. If you wish to be heard, learn to hear others, especially God. Do not be so in love with your own opinion that you become deaf to others and to God. “Hear Me” is a very important part of our life. Getting this right can minister health and life.
