Microsoft recently did a study which indicated that over a decade, because of advertising and fast paced social media videos on the internet, attention spans have deteriorated from 12 seconds to 8.5 seconds, shorter than that of a goldfish. Because of the attenuated attention time, people are having memory lapses. Far fewer facts are being put in our brains. A lot of attention span derives from self-discipline and focus on something which interests us. The human mind can be trained to become more focused. Technology has trained us to have shorter and more scattered attention spans, which does not bode well for God's chosen. The scriptures repeatedly urge us to hear, learn to fear God, and follow God's instruction. The Hebrew words for hear, listen, and take heed appear seventy times in the book of Deuteronomy. The first three commands to listen appear in a negative context. The fourth time is in a positive context—if they listen, they, holding fast to the Lord, will live, receive understanding and wisdom (the most beneficial advice in the wilderness), and can ease the way for their children (as God's surrogate) to take heed. There are no downsides to keeping God's law every day for our entire lives. As the Israel of God (Galatians 6:16), the base and foolish (I Corinthians 1:26-31), by listening, taking heed, and drinking in of God's Word daily, we take on the wisdom of God, upending and making foolish the wisdom of man. Those who hear God have access into God's mind, transforming them into His image. God has given us ears to hear. We must make sure we heed the urgent command from Our Heavenly Father in the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-5), "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him."