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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. And 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 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 seven other applicants in the waiting room, and 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’s 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. Well within 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 at each other, and one spoke up saying well, wait a minute, I don’t understand. He was the last one 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 taking 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, nor understood it. This young man did and the job is his. We live in a world that is full of business 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 to you? Are you listening? This is my Son, whom I love, listen to him, Matthew 17:5. You listen to him today. God bless you, Captain Ken Chapman.
