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For What Do You Listen?A naturalist, walking with his friend through the busy streets of a great city, stopped suddenly and asked, “Do you hear the cricket?”“Of course not,” laughed his friend. “You could never hear a cricket with all this roar of traffic.”“But, I hear a cricket,” persisted the naturalist, and, turning over a stone, he uncovered the insect.“Did you actually hear that cricket chirping above the noise of the street?” asked his friend in astonishment.“Certainly,” said the naturalist. “I spend my time listening to nature, whether I am in the forest, the field, or the town. Everyone hears that for which he is listening.” Taking a coin from his pocket, he dropped it on the pavement, and each passer-by put his hand in his pocket to see if he was the one who had dropped it.For what are you listening? God or gold? Your ears are tuned to listen for something, even as the receiving set is tuned to receive the program from a distant radio station. God's ears are tuned to hear our prayers. Are ours tuned to hear His commands?