One of God's greatest Bible teachers was known to say that "Nothing has been taught until something has been learned." That truth stands in stark contrast to how communication is seen and practiced by so many today in every phase of human activity.
Picture, if you will, a small child at a bowling alley with his family. He has been given a bowling ball commensurate with his weight and size. He walks with it up to the line, and drops/lobs/pushes it in the direction of the pins as best he can. And often what we see is the child then turns around and walks away. Regardless of whether the ball goes into the gutter or knocks a few pins down or not, he has "completed the task" because he did what he was told to do.
How often have we observed or been on the receiving end of that kind of communication. Whether or not the message gets through--much less is understood--is not the 'problem' of the communicator. They did what they believed was all they had to do. It's not their fault if the intended recipient received the message, understood the message, or not. How drastic is the contrast with God and His Word.
In Isaiah 55:11 God says that His Word will not return to Him 'void' but will accomplish all that He sent it to do. Selah
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