Paying Attention With Eyes, Ears, and Hearts

How have the great crowd responded to Jehovah's theocratic arrangement?  The prophecy continues:  "The eyes of those seeing will not be pasted together, and the very ears of those hearing will pay attention." (Isaiah 32:3)  Over the years, Jehovah has provided for the instruction and bringing to maturity of his precious servants.  The Theocratic Ministry School and other meetings operating in the congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses worldwide; the district, national, and international conventions; as well as the specialized training of the "princes" to treat the flock with loving care have all contributed  to the building up of a united, global brotherhood of millions.  (Jesus never went to one of these schools)   Wherever these shepherds are one earth, their ears are wide open to adjustments in understanding of the advancing word of truth.  With Bible-trained consciences, they are ever ready to hear and to obey. -Psalm 25:10. 

The prophecy then cautions:  "The heart itself of those who are overhasty will consider knowledge, and even the tongue of the stammers will be quick in speaking clear things."  (Isaiah 232:4) Let no one be overhasty in drawing conclusions about what  is right and what is wrong.  The Bible says:  "Have you beheld a man hasty with his words?  there is more hope for someone  stupid than for him."  (Proverbs 29:20; Ecclesiastes 5:2)  Before 1919, even Jehovah's  people were tainted with Babylonish ideas. But starting in that year, Jehovah has given them  a clearer understanding of his purposes.  They have found the truths he has revealed to be, not overhasty, but well thought out, and they are now speaking with a certainty of belief, not stammering with uncertainty.

Next time: "The Senseless One"

From the Book Isaiah's Prophecy Light for all Mankind, 2000