Proverbs 5:1-2 "My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: (2) That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge."
Have you ever been in a conversation when someone was talking to you, but your
mind was somewhere else? When that happens, you usually find yourself
asking them to repeat what they said and even then attention may not be
given. In these two verses, God is telling us to pay attention to what He
says. He gives me the picture of a dog pricking up his ears when he hears
something different. You can always tell by the ears when something grabs its
attention. God is telling us to prick up our ears and listen. Then He tells us
to protect what we hear. In other words, keep it in our hearts. We've seen a
few times already the verse in Psalm 119 when David said that he would hide the
Word of God in his heart. We need to keep that Word in order to maintain the
quality of behaving or speaking in such a way to avoid unnecessary offense to
others. This morning, God is speaking to me and saying, "Pay
attention."