Did You Hear That?

I watched a YouTube video of an 8-month old baby who was born deaf hearing for the first time. His response to the first time hearing anything, let alone his mother, was just delightful wonderment and joy. He stopped sucking his pacifier, looked at his mother and beamed with bliss.

Looking at his response, I wanted to see what other people with cochlear implants did when they heard the world for the first time. It was amazing. All of the people I saw smiled and laughed, and some of them even wept in pure joyfulness. They were in absolute awe because they could actually hear themselves breathing, talking, and laughing for the first time. They could finally hear the sounds of the world and the voices of their loved ones.

I couldn’t help but think about what we were like before we met God, and what it’s like during those silent seasons we sometimes journey in thereafter.

There are moments in a Christian’s life when we feel deaf. It’s like the world goes mute. We can’t hear our Father's voice or the cries of the people around us, and the sound of praise just doesn’t seem to have any effect on us anymore. Or even more extreme, we are deaf to our own breathing, laughing, and speaking. 

What I found interesting was that even though WE may be deaf to God, the sounds of the city, and the voices of our loved ones sometimes… THEY will ALWAYS continue to resound and speak regardless of our deafness. It would be incredibly foolish to believe that someone would just stop talking to their deaf child or friend just because they knew they couldn’t hear. The world goes on! The cars, the police sirens, the sound of wind and rain, of people walking, shouting, talking, laughing… it all goes on.

It was a reassuring reminder for me that God is always speaking to us even if we don’t look and respond back to Him. He waits. He hopes. And He finds a way for us to hear again. I believe it is God’s desire to unstop our ears to hear His sweet voice again. I know that whoever experiences that loving touch will look up to God; stand up in complete awe and become floored with an overwhelming joy.

I'm praying that the Lord touches you in this way today brothers and sisters!

“People were overwhelmed with amazement. ‘He has done everything well,’ they said. ‘He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.’” Mark 7:37