Deaf and Dumb
September 3rd, 2010Psalms 38:13 But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
Communication 101 – Must hear -> Must respond.
If a relationship is to make it very far at all, there has to be an ability to not only hear, but appropriately respond. With all the great means of communication via phone, online social networking, and texting, relationships are still brought to a premature halt by the inability to receive or the failure to respond. For all the attempts at relationships that come to the inbox continually, it is only those ones that are deemed “important” that are even read and then, possibly, responded to. Gmail even has a new feature that will help you determine which emails are the most important and place them at the top of your inbox list based upon your established pattern of viewing and responding. For all those “unimportant” attempts at communication it will be as if the recipient were both deaf and dumb. The lack of response will actually communicate something in itself, that there will be no influence or the exchange thereof with this person; they are inaccessible.
There are many different reasons for the failed response. Sometimes it is just a matter of a failed recognition, where the communication is sent to the spam folder or the trash before its value is even considered. Often times a communication that is sent to more than one recipient will seem to be of less importance or value and just be ignored. It doesn’t seem like it will make much difference one way or the other if any response is given. Many times, though, it is just a matter of focus, where there is such a high level of attention already given elsewhere that it is impossible to break through the “focus barrier”. Like the father watching the football game or the child in the middle of the top level of a video game, there may be a mumbled response to the call of their name and the presentation of important information. In actuality, though, they are pretty much deaf and dumb to any entity beyond the realm of their passion of the moment. It’s not necessarily that everything else is insignificant, but for the period of intense focus, nothing else will produce the much-needed response, and relationship, for that moment, is brought to a halt.
There is communication coming our way continually, much of which may bear some merit in itself if read and responded to. There are matters having to do with the state of our economy and how that has directly affected our bank account. Doctors and lenders reports may show up and actually require a response of some kind. Posts are made on our walls and texts show up on our phones from people that are seeking some form of connection. Whether or not there is an ongoing relationship with those attempts, however, has everything to do with the state of our ears and mouths with regard to the attempted communications. If not recognized, valued, understood or focused on, nothing will be heard and no response will be made.
For many there are a large portion of the communications from the ‘Heaven’ address that have not yet been opened, are already filtered to the trash, or simply have not yet been seen. Sadly, the “important” stuff of this world has been given “first response” priority and relationships have been developed on a high level elsewhere through the active responses to those other, more important entities. Their influence has been felt and passed on and their impact on life has been made to the exclusion of the Higher Attempts. The name calls and important information from the Master have not been able to make it past the “focus barrier” that our passions have formed. If after some time there is a perception that He has not said anything, it will only be because He has not been heard and responded to. His attempts have definitely come to the inbox.
Gladly there is a way to reverse this trend and render those spammers powerless. For every one who becomes focused on the Master and responds immediately and passionately to His communication attempts, a relationship will be established that cannot be shaken or influenced by all those meaningless voices to whom we’ve become both deaf and dumb. To them the only communication will be that we are inaccessible and further relationship is not possible.

