HOW TO SPIRITUALLY CLEAN OUT YOUR EARS

Are you hearing God clearly today?

Are you hearing things clearly?
Are you hearing God clearly?

Earwax is a normal, healthy self-cleaning agent to actually protect our ear canals, except when there’s too much, except when it clogs our ear canals, because then we can experience hearing loss.

Is anything clogging your ears today?

Q-tips, not something we talk about everyday, but we all use them, right? The Q-tip website touts their many uses; lovely lips, flawless nails, crafts, pet care (that one had me stumped), but we all know why they were invented (even though doctors say we’re not supposed to use them for this purpose any more)—to remove ear wax.

Most of the time I feel I’m pretty in tune with God. We talk every day.

But there are other days, bad days, when I allow the world to clog my ears. When I let the world’s measures and expectations take that earwax that was meant to protect me and cram it in my ear canal until I can no longer hear God’s beautiful promises.

Is anything clogging your ears from God's truths today?

It’s difficult to hear through the earwax of the world.

And so, enter Q-tips. I know, I’ll repeat myself; we’re not supposed to use them anymore, but how about spiritual Q-tips? What do you use to clean out the gunk and the lies of this world, to hear God better?

Some spiritual Q-tips:
·      Open the Bible and read. Let God’s promises and truths sink in.
·      Find a quiet place and ask for God’s peace, His direction. Then wait to actually sense a response, or at least to feel and acknowledge His presence 
·      On the go? Tune your radio or earbuds to Christian music or a podcast or a sermon, something that inspires you, fills you with Biblical truths and centers you back with Jesus
·      Hang out with or reach out to Godly friends. You’ll be amazed by the light they can cast on something you’re struggling with

What matters most is that Jesus loves us! We need to be reminded of that. We need to clean out our ears, so we can hear it loud and clear!

 Apparently, the Q in Q-tip stands for quality. My friend, Amy Parker, once said in referring to God’s truths, “Quality truth is powerful.”

 Clean out your ears and let the powerful quality truth that you are God's beloved pour in like a symphony today.

 What ways do you use to spiritually clean out your ears?