Week 6: Listening through the five senses
Touch and Hear His Goodness
Week 6, Day 5
Listening through touch is a bit more challenging for us to put into practice through these 40 days of devotion. However, I want to invite you to put on your thinking cap. Put on your listening ears. It is a physical act that mirrors our spiritual invitation. We are commanded to love with heart, soul, mind and strength (Matt. 22:36-40). And this means listening with heart, soul, mind, and strength.
Run your finger over your ears, noticing the detail with which God made the unique folds and bends in the cartilage. No two ears are alike. And while the ears on the outside of our head help us filter the sound, that is not where the listening takes place. The sound travels through the ear canal and vibrates the small bones and membrane, sending signals to our brain, which we interpret into speech and sound. As our final listening exercise, through writing or drawing, we will use the sense of touch as a reminder that we have been “Called to Listen.” We will renew our commitment to listen to our Master and our devotion to Him.
On the first ear (left): Write or draw the things you have heard from God and reminders of how He speaks to you personally.
For the second ear (right):
In the curve of the ear, write out the phrase “Speak, for your servant is listening” (1 Sam. 3:10b). And add a piercing to the drawing, in representation of the passage in Exodus 21:5-6 (NIV) and our renewed devotion to the Master.
5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’ 6 then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.
We would love to hear from you! Please share with us what you are hearing and how you are growing in your devotion to listening.
This blog post is taken from the book Called to Listen: Forty Days of Devotion. To order a copy of this book, please visit our website and invite a friend to participate in the study with you. The book includes additional guides and questions to be reviewed in a small group context weekly.