ARE YOU WAITING TO BE CALLED?

[Janet Harrington]

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?

[Mom70x7]

That ties in, I think, with what we were talking about in Bible study a couple of weeks ago.

God gives different messages to each of us. If you think about sending a card to someone, then that's God talking to you. If you do not consider sending a card, if the thought doesn't cross your mind, then that's NOT what God wants you to do. Don't worry that you're not the "card lady." You have a different job.

It might be visiting that person, it might be remembering to thank the janitorial crew, or taking an elderly person to lunch, or mowing a neighbor's yard. It might be working with what the rest of us would call a difficult group of people. Doesn't matter. Different people, different callings, different talents.

'If you understand this message, then come right in. The job Is yours.'

That applies to all of us, in all walks of life.

[emptynest]

Quote:  "Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you're not willing to move your feet."