I know I am going to regret sharing this story with you but what would life be without suspense. I received an email from my sister telling me she couldn’t call me because her phone wasn’t working. Today I heard the rest of the story from my other sister. It seems because her phone wasn’t working her daughter purchased her another only to discover when exchanging the phones that the old one was just fine. It just wasn’t plugged in! As a dutiful, caring brother I have no comment whatsoever.
At first I was going to use this as an analogy that for us to be able to contact God we have to stay plugged in. However, on second thought I can’t do that. God is always there. No prior contact needed. No plug ins necessary because whether we are aware or not, He is listening. There is no 3 G, no 4 G or cloud needed. Jonah was well out of service range when in that giant fish, but God was in there with him. If you ever feel that your prayers bounce off the ceiling that’s okay because He’s already in the same room with you.
“While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time: “This is what the LORD says, he who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it—the LORD is his name: ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’” Jeremiah 33
Don’t you love that promise? Once you start talking to Him He will tell you great and unsearchable things. I can’t wait.
Written by Roger Bothwell on April 12, 2012
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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