‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
For this people’s heart has grown callous;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn, and I would heal them.”
Often God is speaking but we aren’t hearing it. Above in Matthew 13 Jesus quotes from Isaiah in explaining why some understand His parables and some hear and do not understand. Let’s pray that any calluses are healed and we can hear and see what God is saying. When we need to see and hear clearly from the Lord, the key is in our heart condition. Callous hearts “hardly hear and have closed eyes”. A soft heart will see and hear, and turn and be healed.
-Tony