Iyar 14
HOW you Hear
“BE CAREFUL therefore HOW you listen. For to him who has
[spiritual knowledge] will more be given; and from him who does not have
[spiritual knowledge], even what he thinks and guesses and supposes
that he has will be taken away.” (Luke 8:18 Am p, emphasis mine)
I have a young (grade school age)
grandson that I call “busy”. He has excellent hearing; however, there are times
that he is not careful how he hears,
or to put it another way, he has “selective hearing”. I would suggest there are many of us that have
had occasions where we have been guilty of this “affliction”.
Hearing is one of our five
physical senses, so with what are we
hearing, if not just our ears? Yes, we need
to hear with our ears, but we also must perceive, understand and
receive the Word of YHWH with our spirit,
and into our hearts. And yet, there needs
to be a willingness to hear in our
hearts; we can no longer afford to be selective in our hearing. This is part of
“being circumcised in our hearts” (see
Rom 2:29); are we treating the Word of YHWH like the treasure that it is? Are we handling it with care, and with
reverential awe? Do we sh’ma, hear and obey?
“Let these words SINK DOWN
into your ears …” (Luke 9:44 NKJV ,
emphasis mine)
The Greek word that is translated
in this verse from Luke as the phrase “sink down” is the word tithēmi (Strong’s #G5087), and in most of its definitions, it means “to
set, put, or place; to make; to establish”[1]. This
verse in Luke is the only place in
scripture where it is translated as “sink down”. If all scripture is written by the inspiration of the Spirit of YHWH (2Tim
3:16), then this is no accident or coincidence. I venture to put forth a sequence of events
here. When we “hear” with our ears, we
take the Word of God in, and through
the power of the Ruach, it “sinks down” into our hearts, where we keep, and guard it (Deu 11:22; 32:46;
IJohn
5:3).
“If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My
words remain IN you and continue
to live IN YOUR HEARTS {sink down}, ask
whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.” (John 15:7 Amp, emphasis and
insert mine)
“Incline
your ear and HEAR the words of the wise, And APPLY YOUR HEART to my knowledge;
For they are pleasant If you guard them WITHIN YOU; Let all of them be ready on
your lips.” (Pro
22:17-18 ISR, emphasis mine)
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