Back when the telegraph was the 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 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."
We live in a world that is full of busyness 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, or in
the life and work of Jesus Christ.
Are you tuned in to God's voice? Do you hear Him when He speaks?