Can You Hear Me Now?

A few years ago there was a certain phone company whose slogan was "can you hear me now?" As I remember the ads, they were not that outstanding, but I have never forgotten that slogan. A father lifts his voice in a frustrated conversation with his teen aged son and says, "Can you hear me now?" A mother, disgusted with the way her child is ignoring her pleas for obedience, cries out, "Can you hear me now?" Perhaps you have used those words, maybe without even thinking.

It seems that we all want to be heard. And it is getting increasingly more difficult to be heard through the din and noise of the world in which we live. Have you noticed how TV stations increase the volume when ads come on. It is almost as if they are saying to you, "Can you hear this message now?"

As I have been reading various articles and visiting websites devoted to end times events, I have come to the conclusion that God is asking the question, "Can you hear Me now?" Can you hear Me through the chaos of a wacky winter season? The Pacific Northwest has experienced a winter the likes of which it has not seen in decades. Minnesota is having one of the coldest winters in recent memory. Everywhere you turn, winter has reared its head with snow, ice, winds, and biting cold. God cries out, "Can you hear Me?" I am not sure if you know it or not, but there have been over 400 earthquakes in Yellowstone Park since Christmas. "Can you hear Me?"

The financial conditions of the world continue to deteriorate. Nations are piling up debt at enormous rates with little hope of ever seeing the black. There is a cry for a one-world financial system. "Can you hear Me now?" The conflict in the Middle East still rages. Iran threatens continuance of its nuclear ambitions instilling fear into the region and beyond. Radical Islam threatens any security around the world. The world cries out for a leader who will bring order and security. And God cries out within the noise and confusion, "Can you hear Me now?"

Sadly the answer is no! We are not listening. We don't want to listen. We are not looking for God. We don't want to be awakened from the comfortable slumber we are in. If we did indeed hear God's cry, "Can you hear Me now?", our response would be, "Don't rock our boats!"

I believe God's voice will continue getting stronger in the coming days. How we need to be more observant of what is happening around us. Each earthquake, every winter storm that is out of the norm, and every threat of war is God's cry to us to take heed. It truly is time for believers to wake up and to look up and to listen up. God has a lot to say.