We all need a proper and clear line of communication. If there is any misunderstanding due to lack of effective communication, it can easily lead to chaos. Our mighty industrial world would grind to a halt. Every military campaign would flounder. Love and fellowship between human beings would be non-existent. Yet, seldom do we realize that our spiritual life also needs clear and proper lines of communication between God and us.
We all think about God only when we have problems that cannot solve. At that moment, we begin to pray and ask for his passion. It is then, and only then, that man digs deeply within the recesses of his heart and brings out the little red telephone.
A “hotline” to God is immediately established and the wires turn red hot with the man’s pleadings for his Creator’s help. Sad to say, as soon as the problems and troubles recede, man folds up the little red telephone and puts it back into its secret hiding place. Once more, God is forgotten – until the next crisis looms up in the man’s life! Mankind needs to understand that if we maintain continuous, clear, and proper, lines of communication with God, we...