FAITH CAPSULE: With listening ability, one is to gain understanding.

Ezekiel 3

Wait on the word of God, understanding God, in His word, will live for God.
The destination of the word that sounds in the direction of all is the heart,
while the conveyance is the ear to hear.
It is hearing and hearing that will enable one to understand.
God spoke to Ezekiel, “Son of man, receive into your heart all My words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears” (Ezekiel 3:10).
Every time there is a hearing of the word of God, the heart ought to work in tandem with the ears to receive the word of God.
Hearing sound from within earshot or from a distance may not be the same as listening with the ear and, ultimately, receiving into the heart.
God always wants to talk to His creation that will give attention.
When God wanted to speak to Moses, Moses was “busy” taking care of the flock.
Being busy is a common feature of every moment that makes listening and receiving from the word of God practically impossible.
The attention of Moses was the evidence to listen to God. (Exodus 3:2)
The word or information that passes from one individual to another is not the same as the word that enters and finds a place in the heart.
On every occasion the word of God enters, it ought to produce like a seed planted on the good ground and produce fruit in multi-fold.
The evidence of hearing with the ear and receiving it into the heart was glaring in the assignment of Ezekiel, as documented in the pages of the Bible.
Ezekiel testified that when the Lord spoke to him, he heard a thunderous voice.
Hearing “a thunderous voice” was an indication to receive into the heart.
The testimony of Ezekiel is evidence that when any man hears from God, there will be no denial of having heard from God.
Ezekiel testified, “…I heard behind me a great thunderous voice: ‘Blessed is the glory of the LORD from His place!” I also heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and a great thunderous noise.  So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days” (Ezekiel 3:12-15).
In this testimony, Ezekiel received from God and lived for the glory of God.
The word that came to him lifted him and took him away to the center of the assignment of God.
In life, understanding is rooted in the ability to listen.
Hearing from God is upholding the communication to live for God.

Prayer for today: Ask for the word of God to carry you and set you for His glory.