JESSCOTT MUSIC MINISTRIES
Are You Waiting To
Be Called?
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 muttered
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 the last several minutes while 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."
We are so busy living in a world that is full of noise and clatter, like that office. People are distracted and unable to hear the still, small voice of God as He speaks in creation, in the Scriptures, and in the life and work of Jesus Christ.
So I ask you, as I ask myself, "Are you listening, or are you waiting to be called? Do you hear the Lord when he speaks to you?
-- Unknown
