Pro 28:9 | KingComments | STEP | Fellowship with God takes place through His Word and prayer. Through His Word God speaks to man and through prayer man speaks to God. If God speaks, but a man does not listen, God will not listen if that man speaks to Him. Listening means not only hearing, but also doing. If a person on his part is deaf to teaching from God’s Word, closes himself to it, God on His part will be deaf to his prayer. The prayer will certainly not be a pure prayer. God is not only deaf to it, but it is an abomination to Him. He who refuses to obey God cannot possibly pray according to God’s will. Should anyone nevertheless have the audacity to ask God for something in an attitude of disobedience, he is told that God rejects his prayer ( ). When the elders of Israel came to Ezekiel to ask about God’s will, God said He would not respond to their question because they had not obeyed what He had previously told them to do ( ). Those who do not hear do not deserve to be heard. Of course, a prayer of repentance is not an abomination to the Lord.

‏ Proverbs 28:9

God Is Deaf to Those Who Are Deaf to Him

Fellowship with God takes place through His Word and prayer. Through His Word God speaks to man and through prayer man speaks to God. If God speaks, but a man does not listen, God will not listen if that man speaks to Him. Listening means not only hearing, but also doing. If a person on his part is deaf to teaching from God’s Word, closes himself to it, God on His part will be deaf to his prayer.

The prayer will certainly not be a pure prayer. God is not only deaf to it, but it is an abomination to Him. He who refuses to obey God cannot possibly pray according to God’s will. Should anyone nevertheless have the audacity to ask God for something in an attitude of disobedience, he is told that God rejects his prayer (Isa 1:15). When the elders of Israel came to Ezekiel to ask about God’s will, God said He would not respond to their question because they had not obeyed what He had previously told them to do (Eze 20:1-8). Those who do not hear do not deserve to be heard. Of course, a prayer of repentance is not an abomination to the Lord.