“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not.”
“Give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment is for you;”
Joe 1:2
Hear this, you elders; give ear, all inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
Hosea 5:1
Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment is for you;
Psa 49:1
Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
Jeremiah 5:21
“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not.
Amos 3:1
Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
Micah 3:1
Hear, you peoples, all of you; pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it, and let the Lord GOD be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Matthew 13:9
“He who has ears, let him hear.”
Revelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’
I wonder how many times we have to be told to listen to what the Lord is saying to us. God wants to give us peace, rest, hope, love, guidance, and assurance yet we choose to keep Him at arms length until something comes into our lives that upsets it. Can you imagine looking at this from outside and seeing the Creator of all there is reaching out to His creation and telling them how much He loves them and what He expects from them, and how these people reject His love and guidance – what would you think of people who have rejected and neglected their creator? Do we think for a minute we will not be held accountable for the rejection and neglect? Every day we have a choice to learn more of Him or to neglect Him. We come up with multiple reasons and excuses of why we don’t have time. The bar of what it means to humbly serve, honor and glorify God in our lives needs to be raised higher.
