One of the greatest inventions is that of the cell phone. What did we used to do before we had a cell phone? We would have to wait and talk to people in person, or on our home phone. What suffering! HA! HA! Back in the day when I was a teenager, (okay, it hasn’t been that long ago) I would have to call my parents and check in from a pay phone and that was a little hard to do. They had no way to check in on me unless I called them. Now we have easy access to everyone. We can talk in the car, at the grocery store, and pretty much in the middle of anywhere. What an amazing thing, I guess. You see just as we have the luxury of this great invention, it is made by human hands and does malfunction from time to time. You all know what I’m talking about; the dropped call right in the middle of an important conversation, the “dead” spots where there is no signal, and sometimes the “all circuits busy” message we can get. I call it a “frustrating luxury”.
Well, a couple of weeks ago Matt was in Mexico and didn’t have the greatest of signals where he was at but he was able to call out sometimes. Matt and I talk several times a day, so it is difficult not being able to pick up the phone and call him when I want to talk to him. Though I knew he was okay, I missed our conversations. The times I answered the phone and he was on the line was so comforting; it was so great to hear his voice.
I thought about the privilege we have to be able to talk to our Heavenly Father at anytime and any place we choose. We never have to be concerned that he doesn’t have good reception, or run the risk of our call being dropped, or getting a busy signal. We have a direct line and he is always there waiting to converse with us. When I was a little girl I remember the first time my Sunday school teacher told me that God had a phone number. I thought that she was going to give us the 7-digit number and I was prepared to write it down. Instead she gave us this reference in Scripture:
“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” (Jer. 33:3)
It all made sense, God is on the line! When we come to him with our requests, our hurts, our needs, our praise, and ourselves, he is there prepared to answer and tell us great things that we didn’t know! WOW! What wisdom and direction we get just by conversing with our Creator! There are things in our lives that are out of our control; a family member with cancer, job decisions, family dilemmas, financial hardships, and many more, but we have the assurance that when we call, he is there! It is there where peace and comfort await!
If you want a 7-digit phone number for God, just remember this, 772-9377. PRAYERS! He is on the line 24-7!
Have a blessed week!
Allison Jordan
SHBC Praise Team
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