DULLNESS OF HEART
Matthew 13:13-17 

It is written in Psalm 107:20, “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.” The word of God is power and it is not for decoration, but for declaration against sickness and disease and for deliverance and restoration physically or spiritually. Why is it that the word that was sent to heal and deliver is not being manifested on so many grounds of worship today? Why is it that the word while being preached in most churches, the sick are being carried from the church to the hospital? It is not supposed to be that way because the word of God that is for healing, and should be bringing the sick from hospital to the church and not from the church to the hospital. The word of God that was in the beginning is still the same word that is alive and active today. The word of God is power to those that have made the choice to place the word above all that the world has to offer. When God sent His word, He sent it out for the purpose of getting results, not to return to Him void. Isaiah 55:11, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to me void.” Looking around and seeing the work of God and the testimonies in the pages of the Bible, it is evident that the word of God cannot and will not fail, but man is the one failing in the word of God. In Matthew 13:15, Jesus quoted Isaiah 6:10 to point out the reason why man is not getting the necessary healing that the word was purposely sent to them to perform. Matthew 13:15, “For the heart of the people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, so that I should heal them.” Without any need for interpretation of the words of Jesus, as quoted from the book of Isaiah is clear enough to understand the problem of “not turning” so the word could heal is rooted in the dullness of the heart of man. From Jesus’ message, when the dullness of heart is operational, every other part that could bring forth a turning to getting healed would not be active. With a dullness of heart, ears are hard to hear, eyes are closed from seeing, and understanding with the hearts will not be operational. “Dullness of heart” is the root of the problem for not taking a turn that will allow the word of God to perform that which it was sent to perform. Dullness of heart is not written on any man’s face, but it can be seen clearly in most of the worshiping grounds or in the life of every acclaimed believer of the word of God where the work of the word is not evident. Are you operating with a dull heart in any area of your life where God is expected to show up? Ask God to deliver you from every representation of a dull heart in your life.