| Back when the telegraph was the fastest method of long-distance communication, a young man applied for a job as a Morse Code operator. Answering an ad in the newspaper, he went to the office address that was listed. When he arrived, he entered a large, busy office filled with noise and clatter, including the sound of the telegraph in the background. A sign on the receptionist’s counter instructed job applicants to fill out a form and wait until they were summoned to enter the inner office.
The young man filled out his form and sat down with the seven other applicants in the waiting area. After a few minutes, the young man stood up, crossed the room to the door of the inner office, and walked right in. Naturally the other applicants perked up, wondering what was going on. They talked among themselves that they hadn’t heard any summons yet. They assumed that the young man who went into the office made a mistake and would be disqualified.
Within a few minutes, however, the employer escorted the young man out of the office and said to the other applicants, “Gentlemen, thank you very much for coming, but the job has just been filled.”
The other applicants began grumbling to each other, and one spoke up saying, “Wait a minute, I don’t understand. He was the last to come in, and we never even got a chance to be interviewed. Yet he got the job. That’s not fair!”
The employer said, “I’m sorry, but all the time you’ve been sitting here, the telegraph has been ticking out the following message in Morse Code: ‘If you understand this message, then come right in. The job is yours.’ None of you heard it or understood it. This young man did. The job is his.”
With the busyness of the world today and all the distractions around us, Are we In Tune with God’s voice? Are we understanding His message?
1st Thessalonians 5:17, (NKJV) pray without ceasing or the (NIV) pray continuously.
The way we stay in tune with God’s voice is through praying continuously.
Luke 5:16 tells us that Jesus, the Son of God, often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.
If Jesus, the Son of God, often prayed to stay in tune with God’s voice, How much more should we?
My prayer for you and the church today is to stay in tune with God’s voice. Don’t schedule your prayer time, instead build your schedule around prayer. Only then can we hear God’s voice even in the midst of the busyness around us and all the noise of this world!
Dennis Arroyo Youth Minister |
