You have reached Wayne Barber. I am not in right now, please leave your name, number, and a brief message, and I'll return your call. Thanks".BEE--EEP!
How frustrating! In today's society, it seems as if everything is hurry, hurry, hurry, got to have it right now,” I can't wait that long","I'm not in right now","call you if I get a chance",kind of attitude.
It appears these days, that there are gadgets for everything. Pagers, cellular phones, caller ID, call block, call back, high resolution television, cameras, vcrs, computers, you name it, we've got it.
It seems like everyone is always on the go. No time to slow down, stop, and enjoy life. But there is one thing that everyone should slow down and listen to; and that is to one's own heart.
Think about it for a moment. Our heart in a way, could be compared to an answering machine. Just as an answering machine gives an outgoing message and receives incoming messages, so does the heart. On probably all answering machines, an outgoing message is heard first, and then the caller will leave their incoming message. But with the heart that may not always be the case.
How would it work then? You ask. One way in which this could work, is by how one would display themselves; through their actions, their spoken word, their attitude, the places they go, and even in their desire to live for God.
One's lifestyle will indicate as to what type of messages are incoming on their heart's answering machine. If their life is full of corruption, sin, evil thoughts and evil activities, then it's quite easy to see who is leaving messages on their heart's answering machine. Yes, It's Satan, ole slewfoot himself.
But this does not have to continue. How can one change the incoming messages? You ask. Simple. By changing the outgoing message that their heart's answering machine is sending out. How does one do that? You ask.
An outgoing message can be changed in this manner. First, by desiring to make a change in one's life, and make the decision to begin to follow Christ. Secondly, allow the answering machine of the heart to send an outgoing message saying,” Jesus help me".
Then, when Satan calls and your heart's answering machine picks up, he will find that your tape is full and it will not receive anymore messages from him. In other words, Jesus has called and filled your incoming tape full of his messages; and by doing so, Satan cannot even reach the answering machine when he calls, except unless one erases Jesus' messages.
When Jesus calls your heart's answering machine what will he hear? Will the outgoing message say,” You have reached Wayne Barber, Satan take a hike, and yes Jesus, fill my heart's answering machine with your messages so that I may hear you and become more like you". Or, will Jesus hear this:” You have reached Wayne Barber. I am not in right now Jesus, I’ll call you if I can, but don't wait up for me, I am having too much fun living my life in sin. You see, Satan has offered me so much and I ........BEEE--EEP! Cut off!
July 26,1998
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