God, Are You Listening?

Psalm 16(17):1, 6, 8, 15
I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me, hear my words. Guard me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.

Being the father of four younger children, I am constantly being bombarded by questions. Why is the sky blue? Are raindrops really God’s tears? How does this work? At times, though, it becomes easy to tune out the one thousandth question of the day. Sometimes it is hard to hear the voice that says over and over Daddy, Daddy, Dad—a voice just trying to get my attention. That’s all they want, yet sometimes I just don’t hear the still small voice of one of my children calling out because I am in overload mode.

I suppose that if anyone could claim to be in overload mode, it would be God. Not only does God have me calling out to him, but also everyone else in the world as well. The good news for us is that God does not overload and tune out our incessant cries. When we say, Abba, Father, Daddy—He is listening.

Have you called out to God today. If you have, then He has heard and He will answer you.