But we must also learn to listen to God. I come to do your will. God asks for an open ear. We usually talk about 'an open mouth' but ordinarily we don't use the expression 'an open ear'. Obedience Another word for listening is obedience.
Obedience is the ability to hear.
Obedience presumes that we are people of prayer. In prayer we both talk and listen. If our prayer is always just telling God things, then it is not a complete prayer. Just as in our human communication we need to talk and listen, so in our communication with the divine. We need to listen as well as talk.