"SELECTIVE HEARING!"

Genesis 3:17-19                  (KJV)
"17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."


"SELECTIVE HEARING" is something most men (myself included) have been accused of at some time during their life.  Something your wife says she told you she wants done goes without completion and the allegations begin.  Why are the things that matter so much to others not so important to you?  Shouldn't your bride be so important to you that her needs, and even her desires, come before yours?

Apparently men have had "SELECTIVE HEARING" since creation!  GOD instructed Adam not to eat of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, "LEST YE DIE"!  The serpent (the enemy has many faces) began using his smoke and mirrors in verse 4 of Genesis 3.  "Ye shall not surely die" is not an untrue statement. Adam and Eve did not physically die when they ate the fruit.  Eve first, and then Adam, chose to listen to the serpent instead of listening to how GOD had instructed them to live.

In Genesis 1:26 scripture records "And GOD said, Let us make man in "our image", after our likeness"!  John 4:24 tells us "GOD is a Spirit"!  Adam (mankind) was created to commune with GOD Spiritually!  When GOD speaks to us, HE generally chooses not to speak audibly.  Instead, HE speaks to us Spiritually, as HE IS A SPIRIT!  Our Spiritual hearing has to be focused on HIM, lest we fail to hear HIS message to us.

When it comes to "SELECTIVE HEARING" the things of GOD, we have a lot of similarities with Adam. We fail to listen 'Spiritually' to GOD and choose to listen to the 'things' of this world.  Adam chose to "hearkened unto the voice" of something other than a HOLY GOD and his penalty was  SPIRITUAL DEATH!  Although I have failed HIM so many times in my life, I no longer want to be guilty of "SELECTIVE HEARING" in my service to HIM!!!