No
Code Required
I heard a story recently
about the ABC Company, which was hiring to fill an open position. It
ran an ad in the local paper asking interested parties to come to its
Human Resources location at such and such a date and time for an
interview. There were several dozen respondents, who took
seats in a large waiting room. After a few minutes, the intercom began
transmitting a ticking sound. Every attendee but one thought it was
just static, a technical problem, and ignored it. But one man listened
carefully, rose from his seat and walked right into the hiring
manager’s office. The others were puzzled by what looked to be a brazen
act.
A few minutes later, the hiring
manager came out and said: “Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for
responding to our ad. The position has been filled. There’ll be no more
interviews. Have a good day!” The ad respondents began exiting the
building, murmuring among themselves about how that one man had ruined
their day and made the ad seem like a sham.
It turns out the ‘static’ they heard
was actually Morse Code, bidding truly interested parties to come on in
to the hiring manager’s office. The ONLY one who understood the code was our
seemingly brazen man, whose ability to interpret and respond to the code got him
the job.
We’re living in a world in which the
Bible, God’s infallible Word, is little more than static to most ears.
It’s not written in code, but with black ink on white paper in plain
English. There is no code required to understand it, believe it and
obey it. It requires only an ear to hear. Jesus concluded his message
to each of the seven churches in Revelation with these words: “He that
hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches.”
The life-changing power of the scripture
is available to anyone and everyone with a willing set of eyes and ears. No code is
required! Moreover, it contains a job description for “Disciple” with
an unlimited number of positions the Lord Jesus Christ desires
to fill.
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