Christians have forgotten that the ministry of listening has been committed to them by Him who is Himself the great listener and whose work they should share. We should listen with the ears of God that we may speak the Word of God.
“The ministry of listening” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
https://tollelege.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/the-ministry-of-listening-by-dietrich-bonhoeffer/
See also
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/688582-there-is-a-kind-of-listening-with-half-an-ear