Monday June 02nd, 2025
« To whom shall I (Jeremiah) speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed [absolutely deaf to God] And they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD has become a reprimand and an object of scorn to them; They have no delight in it »
3 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
4 And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.
5 Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth.
6 But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.
8 But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, and seeing you will see and not perceive;
15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, so that I should heal them.’
16 But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;
17 for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
18 “Therefore hear the parable of the sower:
19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.
20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;
21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
22 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
Having discussed the word of God in the last few days, I must say that there are many who don’t have ears to hear. Revelations 2:7NKJV says
« “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” ’ »
There is danger in not hearing the word of God because Isaiah 6:8-10 says if you can hear, then you will repent and be healed.
That is why the devil puts in all efforts to steal the word of God from our hearts as we see in our Bible reading for today.
I am certain that the day you gave your life to Christ, you were not the only one who heard that message.
Others heard it and many of them did not surrender their lives to Christ.
This is because though they had ears physically, the devil had blocked their spiritual ears.
Furthermore, there are a lot of Christians who have been going to Church for many years;
the Pastor preaches powerful sermons,
but it has had no effect on their lives because the devil has simply blocked their ears in order to keep them in bondage.
I pray your spiritual ears will never be blocked, in Jesus’ name.
There are also people who practice selective hearing of the word of God.
In their case, the devil doesn’t have to bother himself, they block their own ears themselves Jeremiah 17:23.
They don’t want to hear that passage of the Bible that will condemn what they are doing wrong.
When such people hear me say,
“God said we should be holy for He is holy” they say,
“Doesn’t he have anything else to say? ”
Psalm 95:6-8 made it clear that if you want to hear God’s voice,
“Don’t be stubborn”.
Some of us have hardened our hearts;
we don’t want to hear anymore.
Remember the rich man’s plea in Luke 16:19-31 when he told Abraham to send Lazarus to preach to his brothers.
Abraham told him that his brothers had prophets speaking to them on earth;
if they didn’t listen to them, they wouldn’t hear anyone else.
They were destined for destruction.
You have genuine men and women of God teaching you the true word now – this devotional is a testament to that.
Listen now so that you will not regret it for eternity.
Application – Is your heart always open to receive the true word of God ?
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
Praise and worship session – Evangelist Jemps Benoit ; Minister Paola Médi
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