Solomon isn't giving a biology lesson here: he's talking about the perception of reality and the responsibility that comes with the tools God gave us.
The Divine Equipment
God installed in us the "hardware" needed to navigate life with wisdom. Having these senses working is a daily miracle. But their true purpose isn't just physical survival: it's spiritual and practical discernment. God gave us eyes to see opportunities and dangers, and ears to catch the truth and wise counsel.
Willful Blindness
The great human problem is that we possess the tool but refuse to use the software. We see the bank statement in the red, but we "close our eyes" and keep spending. We hear our spouse complain about our absence, but we "cover our ears" and call it drama. Having eyes doesn't guarantee vision; having ears doesn't guarantee listening. Willful blindness is a choice, and it comes with a price.
The Responsibility of Perception
If the Eternal gave us the tools, we can't stand before Him saying: "I didn't know," "I didn't see the problem growing." Victimhood feeds on pretended ignorance. Wisdom demands that you open your eyes to the truth, no matter how ugly it is. It's the pain of truth today or the destruction of the lie tomorrow.
There's no "I didn't know" for those who have eyes and ears. Victimhood is a rehearsed show. Wisdom is waking up and turning on the radar.
“Good to Great” — Jim Collins
One of the pillars of great companies is the courage to "Confront the Brutal Facts." Level 5 Leaders use their "eyes to see" the cruel reality of the market and their "ears to hear" the team's bad news, without shooting the messenger. The companies that collapsed were the ones whose leadership closed their eyes to failures and covered their ears to customer complaints.
“O Poder da Autorresponsabilidade” — Paulo Vieira
The first step toward change is awareness. The self-responsible person wakes up and turns on their radar. They look at their own results, listen to painful feedback from family, and say: "It's my fault, and I'm going to fix it." They use the equipment God gave to read the control panel of their own life, while the victim prefers to live in a world of illusion.
The most repeated phrase by Jesus Christ in the Gospels and the book of Revelation is: “Whoever has ears, let them hear.” (Matthew 11:15). In John 9, after healing a man born blind, Jesus confronts the religious Pharisees, saying that they, even with perfect physical vision, were the truly blind ones spiritually, because they looked at the Son of God and refused to see the truth.
Sin blinds our understanding, but the Holy Spirit comes to open "the eyes of our heart" (Ephesians 1:18). When Christ enters our life, the scales fall away. We begin to see people with compassion, to see our work as purpose, and to hear the voice of the Good Shepherd guiding us through the noise of the world.