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ARE YOU WAITING TO BE CALLED?
Author Unknown
July 1, 2011

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?

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