Listen To The Message

As an office manager of a medical office I can tell you that I make a lot of phone calls. Sometimes I get ahold of my contact, but oftentimes I don’t. When I don’t reach that person I often get the opportunity to leave them a message.

Over the past 2-3 years I’ve seen some big changes in the people who are getting my messages. It's becoming the norm to call back the number seen on the caller ID without ever listening to the message. They do that because they think they know who is calling and why they called.

Now, I have a problem with people doing this. First off, we have 16 people who work in my office who could have called that person. If they don’t listen to the message then they don’t know who called them or why they were calling. When they call back, it becomes very difficult to route them to the correct person who called. Secondly, if we take the time to leave a message, why not take the time to listen to it before you respond?

I’ve found that this policy of not listening to messages isn’t only happening with phone messages, but with God’s messages as well. People often think that they know what He’s going to tell them and act upon that notion before they really get the message that He has for them. They don’t take the time to REALLY hear from God.

So today I’d like to impress upon you the need to listen to the messages that you are given. Listen to what God is saying to you and then act. Don’t assume that you know what He’s going to tell you. Don’t assume that you should act upon those ideas. Your spiritual life will be stronger if you take the time and hear the message.