Do You Have an Ear for the Things of the Spirit?

You hear people talking about having an ear for music, but a more important question would be, "Do you have an ear for the things of the Spirit?"

"What's that you say?" "Things of the what?"

Jesus says in His seven letters to the churches, "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says"

That should tell us that not everyone has an ear to hear the things of the Spirit. In fact, 1 Corinthians 2:14 says that the natural man cannot accept the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

All I can say to this, is that each of us better make sure that we have the "ears" we need to hear the words of the Holy Spirit.

The reason for this is that it is the Holy Spirit that brings us into fellowship/communion with God. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. (2Co 13:14)

The Holy Spirit uses the Word of God to do His work in us.

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
(Heb 4:12)

So is your heart able to hear the Spirit of God? Is He able to speak to you through God's Word, or does the seed of God's Word hit stony ground when it lands on your heart?

On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!" (Mat 13:1-9)

"Therefore hear the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."
(Mat 13:18-23)

So if you're having a spiritual hearing problem, it's probably not wax in your ear, but wax in the soil of your heart. May you hear the Spirit of God, may your heart be fertile soil for the seed of God's Word, and may you bear much fruit.

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.