Learning to listen is essential to good relationships. One of the greatest gifts that God gave us is the gift of listening. Listening is not only a key to successful relationships; it perhaps may be the key that fosters success in life. It is nowhere more evident that in a believer’s relationship with God. There will never be proper obedience until there is a proper understanding. Without responsive listening, there will not be true understanding of God’s message. Only if we listen with receptive hearts to God’s Word will it produce or yield its fruit.