The second man went to the meeting only to hear the singing. He enjoyed the music but decided that as soon as the preaching began he would stop his ears. He sat after the hymn was over with his head down and his fingers in his ears. But not even fingers in the ears can stop God from making His Word heard.
As the man sat there a strange thing happened. God sent a fly to land on his nose. For just a short moment, the man moved his hand to drive the fly away. During this time he heard only nine words. But what special words they were! “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.” From this very moment, the poor man with his fingers in his ears had no peace. God’s Word had spoken to him in just a few words. There he sat with his fingers in his ears when God had said that if he had ears he should hear!
The poor man began to go to every meeting the preachers were having and listened to the preaching as well as the singing. He at last received the Lord Jesus as his Saviour and rejoiced that God had once sent a fly to open his ears.
Are your ears open to God’s Word?