A recent USA Today article reports that of all electronic communication, social networks, like Facebook, have become the dominant form of communication—surpassing email. And among the 20-somethings, voice-to-voice telephone contact is being rapidly replaced by texting. And not only that, but almost all businesses now have phone robots with whom you will have to interact. Add it all up and you get something no one could have imagined 50 years ago—we do a lot of talking to and through robots.
Don’t you get irritated when you call AT&T with a specific problem, but you have to answer a bunch of questions by a robot before speaking to a live person! And who hasn’t been bothered when you are in the middle of a crisis and you call your friend (husband, wife, etc.) and get their voice mail because their phone is turned off! (You have to talk to their robot—their ‘voice mail’!)
Aren’t you glad we have a personal God—one who speaks to us intimately—through His Holy Spirit, through His Word, through teachers and pastors? Listen to how God spoke to Israel in the light of a ‘missed’ phone call: “I called, but you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not hear.” (Is. 65:12) When the Lord calls you, make sure your phone is turned on.
Then the LORD called, "Samuel! Samuel!" And he said, "Speak, for Your servant is listening." (1 Sam. 3:10)
Greg, yesterday, I decided to call people and speak to them and not their robot. My husband gets irritated from time to time when he sees me on the phone "text messaging." He said, "don't you want to call people every once in a while to hear a voice?" That came to mind yesterday. I am very glad that we serve a personal God. I pray that my phone is ON.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for a reminder from above.
You're welcome. Thanks for sharing.
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