Receptivity

[386 words] Receptivity is the desire to hear and the willingness to accept God’s Word! The Master exhorted, “Therefore take heed how you hear” (Luke 8:18). This admonition concluded His teaching about the different soils (hearts) on which the seed (God’s Word) falls. Some hearts are hard. Some hearts are shallow. Some hearts are distracted. Some hearts are good. Good hearts are those who are prepared to receive His word. Understanding the importance of hearing God’s Word, we are not surprised to find receptivity frequently discussed in Scripture. Consider these statements by the Master: • “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled” (Matthew 5:6). • “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” (Matt.11:5). • “When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, ‘Hear and understand”‘ (Matthew 15:10). • “And it happened, as He spoke these things, that…