Listener

Have you ever noticed that our culture is full of people craving to tell you about themselves and their stories, but not full of people listening?

We interrupt each other.
We talk over someone else so we can share our own story.
And then we fill our social media with our “Stories”.

We listen to others with our own agendas—not really there to understand them more deeply, or ask questions to genuinely know them better, or allow ourselves to be changed and refined by another human being.

What if all Christians committed to being a listener every morning? 
What if we listened like Jesus listened? 
And asked amazing questions like Jesus asked?

What if we gave up our own conversation topics and agendas in preference of those of others? 

I believe whole-heartedly we would see more people eager to know Jesus because they’d encounter His listening ears and thoughtful responses through us. 

That excites us. Does it excite you?