I CANT HEAR YOU!!!!

AS A CHILD I CAN REMEMBER THE VARIOUS WAYS WE WOULD USE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. WE WOULD DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO PLAYFULLY INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. HOWEVER THERE WAS THIS ONE THING THAT JUST AGITATED ME MORE THEN ANYTHING. THAT IS WHEN SOMEONE WOULD PLUG UP BOTH EARS WITH THEIR FINGERS AS I WAS TRYING TO TALK WITH THEM AND THEY'D BLURT OUT, "NA NA THE BOO BOO, I CAN'T HEAR YOU....! IT FRUSTRATED ME TO KNOW END TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE WAS PURPOSELY NOT LISTENING.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A VICTIM OF SUCH CRUELTY? WOULD YOU NOT AGREE THAT IT IS A MOST FRUSTRATING THING TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE CAN HEAR YOU BUT REFUSES TO LISTEN?

I WONDER IF GOD GETS FRUSTRATED WITH US THIS WAY? ARE WE SOMETIMES JUST LIKE MY CHILDHOOD FRIENDS? DO WE HEAR GOD AND CHOOSE TO PLUG OUR EARS, REFUSING TO LISTEN OR RESPOND? I KNOW IT MAY SEEM FAR FETCHED THAT WE WOULD PLUG OUR EARS TO GOD AND SAY "NA NA THE BOO BOO, I CAN'T HEAR YOU." BUT PERHAPS WE MAY DISCOVER THAT WE DO THIS MORE OFTEN THEN NOT. CONSIDER THIS FOR A FEW MOMENTS.

DON'T WE PLUG OUR EARS TO GOD WHEN WE HAVE OUR HEART SET ON DOING SOMETHING? IS NOT OUR MINDS MADE UP WHETHER GOD APPROVES IT OR NOT? WE PLUG OUR EARS TO GOD EVERY TIME WE BRIEFLY GLANCE IN THE WORD OF GOD TO FULFILL OUR RELIGIOUS DUTIES BUT GIVE OUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION TO OUR FAVORITE T.V PROGRAM. WE PLUG OUR EARS TO GOD EVERY TIME WE GIVE HIM A TWO MINUTE CONVERSATION WE CALL A PRAYER BUT QUICKLY REMOVE OURSELVES RUSHING ON TO THE NEXT ACTIVITY, NEVER EVEN LISTENING FOR A RESPONSE FROM GOD. WE PLUG OUR EARS WHEN WE GIVE 100% OF OUR ENERGY TO OUR JOBS, OUR DREAMS, AND OUR CAREERS AND ARE LEFT WITH ALMOST NOTHING TO GIVE TO OUR GOD.

CONSIDER THIS AS WELL; HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HEAR GOD SAYING "GIVE THIS," AND WE SAY, "THAT'S TOO MUCH." OR WHEN HE SAYS "GO HERE," AND WE SAY, "THAT'S TOO FAR." HOW OFTEN DOES HE TELL US TO WAIT AND WE SAY "THAT'S TOO LONG." AND FINALLY, HOW MANY TIMES DOES GOD SAY SIT THERE AND BE STILL AND WE SAY "I'VE GOT TOO MUCH TO DO, OR I NEED TO GO HERE AND THERE?

THE TRUTH IS I COULD GO ON AND ON WITH EXAMPLES OF HOW WE BLOCK OUT THE VOICE OF THE LORD WHEN IT BECOMES CONVENIENT FOR US. BUT I WONT. I'LL JUST ASK YOU! WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LOOKED UP TO GOD, PLUGGED YOUR EARS AND SAID "NA NA THE BOO BOO, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

BE BLESSED.