Waiting For the Call
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
for the call? Do you hear the Lord when he speaks to you?
-- Author Unknown
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