26 You will listen and listen, but never understand. You will look and look, but never see.
27 All of you have stubborn hearts. Your ears are stopped up, and your eyes are covered. You cannot see or hear or understand. If you could, you would turn to me, and I would heal you. (Contemporary English Version)
You will listen and listen but never understand-look and look but never see. Wow. That is so powerful. God is speaking the hard truth. The part about looking and never seeing especially rings true. How often do we pass God's creations and God's miracles, daily? How often do we SEE and recognize that God is the reason for that being there. So often the seeing and recognizing is missed. We take things for granted-we start removing God from the picture, we start forgetting about Him. Like He said, if we did see Him, we would turn to Him for healing of our hearts and souls. We would turn to Him for the forgiveness we need.
27 All of you have stubborn hearts. Your ears are stopped up, and your eyes are covered. You cannot see or hear or understand. If you could, you would turn to me, and I would heal you. (Contemporary English Version)
You will listen and listen but never understand-look and look but never see. Wow. That is so powerful. God is speaking the hard truth. The part about looking and never seeing especially rings true. How often do we pass God's creations and God's miracles, daily? How often do we SEE and recognize that God is the reason for that being there. So often the seeing and recognizing is missed. We take things for granted-we start removing God from the picture, we start forgetting about Him. Like He said, if we did see Him, we would turn to Him for healing of our hearts and souls. We would turn to Him for the forgiveness we need.
-Jenni
This scripture passage is an awakening call in regard to listening to God's word but not understanding and embracing it - and also about looking around and not seeing God in our lives. Certainly He is always with us so why do we not see or hear Him? My belief is that I often don't take time to slow down and search for His presence. In several of my recent classes in spiritual direction, there have been discussions about looking for God in ALL situations - whether good or bad. That is my desire!
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