Blessings in the Mighty Name of Yeshua Hamashiach!
Indifference is a lack of interest or concern. It can be used to describe a person's attitude towards a particular matter or situation.
God “opens [our] ear” by adversity, which means our struggles make us listen more closely to him. We learn to recognize his voice, as Samuel did, when he was aware that God was speaking to him (1 Samuel 3:4–14). We can then find God’s comfort, his presence, and his direction in trials because we are actively looking for it, with eyes and ears open.
As the prophet Isaiah says,
Though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. (Isaiah 30:20–21)
Listening to God, recognizing his voice, and heeding it above the competing voices around us will radically transform us. It will give us supernatural wisdom and clear direction; it will ultimately reshape who we are.
Psalm 119 shows us that affliction can make the word of God more effective in our lives. The psalmist points out, “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word” (Psalm 119:67), and, “It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes” (Psalm 119:71). Affliction draws us to the things of God because we realize the things of this world are broken. Nothing is as it should be, sin has marred everything, and all creation is groaning.
Shalom
Pastor Williams