Listen Up
The human ears never turn off they work 24/7. They have the ability to clean themselves. They also keep the rest of the body balanced. But perhaps the most important fact about our ears is that whatever we listen to and whoever we listen to will eventually influence what we do. It’s impossible to lend our ears to certain conversations and certain people over a period of time without it impacting the way we live our lives.
Whoever has ears, let them hear. – Matthew 11:15 NIV
- Oftentimes what we don’t want to listen to is what we most need to listen to.
The problem for many is that they don’t have open ears, oh yes they can hear; the issue is that they don’t want to hear what’s being said. They’ve already pre-determined what they want to hear. We see this in religion, in politics, at work, at school and even in the home, that people close their ears to what they don’t want to hear. The truth is that we shouldn’t lend our ears to gossip, slander and any evil. But oftentimes the words we most need to hear are the words we least want to hear.
- Oftentimes the people we don’t want to listen to are the people we most need to listen to.
Many years ago, a friend of mine was about to get married, she told me that there was no way that her marriage was going to work. So, I advised her what most people would have, not to get married. She told me that she could not back down because the press had already written that her marriage would be a failure. I replied: you could listen to the press if you want to, which is made up of people who don’t really know or care about you. But anyone who cares about you will advise you not to get married. Well, she went ahead and got married, within months the marriage was a disaster and was all over the news and media. She and her husband both lost their jobs and ruined their careers. But the greatest irony is that the press ended up being right. What she wanted to avoid was exactly what happened to her. Because sometimes the people we don’t want to listen to are the ones that we most need to listen to.
As Jesus said, whoever has ears, let them hear.
Robert Cruz Jr.
Bobby Cruz Jr. became Senior Pastor of CDA Miami in 1999, continuing the work that his father, Bobby Cruz began in 1980. Bobby Jr. is an engaging speaker whose passion is to lead people in a growing relationship with Jesus. He has five children and he lives with his wife Ana in Doral, FL.