Static

I’m able to get as many as 5 Christian radio stations when I’m traveling in my car—sometimes. A lot of times, I have to really strain to hear the broadcasts because of the static. I am not usually irritated or frustrated by this interference because I’ve accepted this as, “it is what it is,” and I am also really absorbed in trying to follow the speaker’s message and train of thought.

This morning I thought about how interference is so much a part of my Christian life. First, there are so many “dead spots” in my life. Sometimes I feel like I am in a valley or out of the station’s range. I try to tune in to station G-O-D, and find nothing but silence.

Other times, there is so much commotion in life, that the static makes it hard to hear the voice of God. Still other times there are other stations that fill the same air waves and there are two voices that occupy the same air space. This makes it difficult to filter out the other messenger and listen to the program that I want to hear.

Fortunately, station G-O-D’s tower stands far above all of this. Jesus says, “But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself” (John 12:32). Even though God’s message may not be intelligible when it reaches our ears, His tower is unmistakable and is visible for all to see.