Headphones

Headphones

“Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track.”

Proverbs 3:5 MSG

Headphones have been a pet peeve of mine lately. Nothing can annoy me more  than when I think I am having a conversation with someone, only to find out they had headphones on the whole time! Then I have to get their attention and start the conversation all over again. Or, i end up not even having the conversation at all. That drives me nuts. 

Or, you are having a conversation with someone and you are making all these plans. Then the other person around you decides to take off the headphones and then they start asking all these questions about what is going on. Only because they couldn’t hear you when you were making the plans. That drives me crazy! 

My son has gotten to the point now that he will listen to his music with one ear bud in and one ear bud out.  That way he can still hear me & still hear his music. But I wonder how that really works out. Your only half listening to the music and half listening to the things going on around you. Neither is getting your full attention. 

When my family is talking to me they want my undivided attention. They not only want me to hear them. But they want me looking at them when they talk and they want me responding to them when they speak.

This made me stop and think. When I talk to God I want to know He’s listening to me. I want Him to respond when I talk to Him. 

Does God feel the same way when He’s trying to talk to us? Does it drive Him nuts when we totally miss the conversation? Does it drive Him crazy when we ask all kinds of questions because we missed out of what He had to tell us? Is He yelling, “Would you just take the headphones off all ready?”

We can all tend to not hear God’s voice. At one point or another we can find ourselves in one of these categories. 

1. Are we the one with ear buds in and totally missing out on the conversation?  
2. Are we the one late to the conversation trying to figure out what we missed while we had our ear buds in?  
3. Are we the one only listening half because we still have an ear bud in one ear? 

All of these situations cause confusion to us. They leave us wondering what we might have missed out on. They leave us questioning plans & what we might have really heard or not heard. Or we miss out on the conversation that we could have been a part of. 

What are we missing out on hearing from God? What exciting plans and dreams, what blessings are we missing out on? God desperately wants us to hear Him. He wants us listening. He doesn’t want to have to repeat Himself. He doesn’t want us questioning and trying to figure out what He wants. And He does not want us to only listen half way either, but completely. He wants & deserves our undivided attention. 

It’s time we take off the “headphones”. It’s time to put aside all the distractions. Its time to turn off the other noises. A dear friend of mine told me recently, “Dig deep. Whether you've had a great day so far or not, God has more. Keep digging!” 

Ladies, don’t let a bad day cause you to put headphones on. Don’t use them to block out & escape the world. Let the bad days & the good days cause you to dig deeper to hear God’s voice. Keep digging till you hear it. Because God has more for you to hear!