Dull of hearing?

I Corinthians 3:1-3

But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk,not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?

Hebrews 5:11-14

About this we have much to say,and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish between good and evil.

These are the two scripture verses that have begun a spiritual awakening, or growing up so to speak, with in me. I have been acting like a child, infant in Christ, too long. I have wanted things to be easy. I have wanted life to fit my desires and dreams. Yet God, in His infinite grace, is changing me to hear His voice more clearly.

What does dull mean?
~ a lack of keenness or sharpness
~ insensible: unfeeling
~ boredom; tedious: uninteresting
~ not bright, intense or clear
~ having very little depth of color; lacking in richness or intensity in color
~ slow in action or motion; sluggish

Apply this to our hearing...

Father, forgive me for my dull hearing. Please give me the grace to love Your Word and Your Truth even if it causes me to hear less of the ones I esteem and admire. Please help me to hold everything up to the light of Your Word. And please help me to not be just a hearer only, but a doer of Your Word. For to truly hear is to obey.