Dull of Hearing

Hebrews 5 says,  Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though^]by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.

These past few days have included some stern words to us about responding to what we’ve heard from the sound teaching of the word of God.  This verse is no exception.

Have your kids ever become dull of hearing?  They tune you out?  I remember as a kid humming softly when my mom went on a tirade and started accusing me, instructing me, and criticizing me.  I was trying to calm my heart, ignore her voice, and still my soul by blocking her out.

We do the same to Him.  We become dull of hearing when we ignore sound teaching, deliberately turn away from life-giving instruction, and drift away from the root of his goodness and protection over our lives.

And it’s then that we revert back to being like a baby on milk.  We become needy, crying for self satisfaction, and unable to stand on our own two feet – all because we should be eating meat by now – but we’re still sipping on milk.

Ouch.

Being dull of hearing can be an easy fix, if we make the decision to turn our ears once again to the truth.  It’s a choice we have to make.