This morning in prayer I saw an image of a confrontation repeated twice. In the first one there was an upset man railing at a woman who though standing her ground was breaking on the inside.
The second confrontation was the same scene and characters only this time as the man approached the woman Jesus’ hands went over her ears. She heard all that the man said but through the filter of Jesus. This made her hear the man’s pain and his brokenness while all the fiery darts meant to wound her glanced off Jesus’ hand. This gave her the strength to be genuinely compassionate towards the man. Her response not in anger or tears but wise words of peace unsettled the man. He went away changed.
I believe God is indicating that this gift of hearing through Christ’s filter is available to His people. I believe it can be found in tenacious prayer.