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?
-- Author Unknown
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