A Word (or two) from Mark

Caller ID technology changes the way we use our phones. Now we can answer (or not answer) the phone because we know who is on the other end.  There are probably times when each of us have screened our calls this way.

If prayer is always a response to God’s initiative toward us, then I have to ask myself… am I screening His “calls” too.  Revelation 3: 20 uses another image. It portrays Jesus as knocking on our doors, desiring to come into our lives and to spend time with us over a meal.  Do I welcome this greeting, or do I ignore the knock?  Do I answer “the phone” or does the caller ID keep me from picking up the receiver.

This past week, I realized I haven’t always been responding to God’s initiatives toward me. I have been screening His calls at different times. How about you? Are you answering the phone, or have you been too busy when your Caller ID shows God is calling?

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