“Then the Lord
answered Job out of the whirlwind.” Job
asked and God answered. It wasn’t the
answer that Job wanted, but it was an answer directly from God. When is the last time God answered you?
God speaks to us
… Diocesan council … youth mission to Puerto Rico … Praying “What do you want
from me, Lord” … vision of an weather worn woman in a floral dress … see that
woman the next day and walk by … embarrassed to admit vision … go back …
What do we do
when we hear God speaking to us? Anyone
who has had a call to ministry knows this one … ignore Him as long as possible! Eventually, grudgingly, give in to God’s
call.
Another thing
the youth did while they were in Puerto Rico was to collect garbage from a
popular beach … later they saw a picture of themselves posted to facebook
saying “If people can come from other countries to clean our beaches, we should
be able to take care of them too.”
I
think that most of the time God’s call is so obvious that we don’t realize we
are being called. When was the last time
you saw some small piece of garbage in a ditch?
… God was calling you. Did you
listen? When was the last time you saw a
tourist sitting on the side of the road looking at a map? God was calling. Did you listen?
Most of the time
when God calls us it is for little, everyday things. How can we expect to hear the big call when
we ignore the small?
The good news is
that God will not give up. There is
still time for us to learn to listen.
And once we know how to listen, who knows what we will be called to do.
Thanks be to
God!
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