Are we intentionally attentive?

TODAY’S PROVERB: …making your ear attentive to wisdom, inclining your heart to discernment… Proverbs 2:2

Intentional attentiveness. That’s what I think of when I read today’s verse.

I was a distracted student. I lived in my head so I missed or overlooked a lot of details. I was, however, quite adept at appearing studious, which of course doesn’t work very well in the long run.

Thanks to our Heavenly Father, as I overcame challenges in my life — emotional, behavioral, and spiritual — paying attention became more real, more intentional.

The difference between intentional attentiveness and distraction is not just listening, it’s also about connection — inclining our heart. It’s about connection with Him. It’s the different between being His student, or sitting on His lap and listening to a Father’s instruction.

Knowing that the Creator of the Universe wants to freely feed us wisdom and knowledge so we can discern and understand His secrets to a life well-lived, is about as compelling as it gets. Don’t you think?

May our ears be attentive and our heart inclined to our Father, my friends.

Proverbs 2:2 Tree of Life Bible Society, Tree of Life Version – TLV, #tlvbible, #tlvproverbs