Sometimes in the midst of a conversation, are we really listening to what the other person is trying to tell us? Or are we so distracted by the things around us that everything falls on deaf ears?
It's the same in a prayer. Sometimes we just keep on talking but how many times do we actually listen? How many times do we stop asking because God just wants us to listen to what He is trying to tell us?
Learn from Samuel, lying down and just listened in the silence when God called him. To say "Speak Lord, for your servant is listening" whenever you hear Him call you in the wilderness.