Isaiah 55:3 says, “Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live…” Incline means to listen favorably. Elijah watched the great strong wind tear into the mountains ~ breaking the rocks in pieces. After the wind was an earthquake then a fire. It was God’s still small voice that captured his attention.

God trained a little boy to listen. You can read the whole story in 1 Samuel 3:1-18. I love verse 19. It says, “So Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.” The Lord raised up a prophet by teaching him to listen to His words. 

How will we know where to go if our ears are not attentive? Isaiah 30:21 says, ‘Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it, whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left.”