STOP AND THINK – What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are. (C. S. Lewis, British Christian apologist)
It’s an interesting thought, isn’t it? We don’t just hear things objectively. Our hearing, or at least our understanding, is the result of our worldviews, our prejudices, and preconceived ideas. Even our personalities taint what we hear. Do you listen as a pessimist or an optimist? As open-minded or biased? How’s your hearing, my friend?
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge. (Proverbs 23:12)