The greatest thing that God desires from each believer is not necessarily something external that we can give or do for Him. If He has our ears, He will be sure to have our hearts.
Hearing is the area that the devil usually attacks first.
He will do anything to keep God's children from hearing the Word of God. You should expect unusual things to happen to get you to stay away from your local assembly, your morning devotional, and quiet times with the Lord. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. Presented by the Institute for Creation Research.