Hello...It's God Calling---Answer with JOY!

Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Did you know that you need to be listening in order to really enJOY your Joy Juice?

            In his sermon "How to Hear God Speak," Rick Warren talked about the problem of distractions that keep us from listening to the Lord. He said:  "Many of you did what I did last Mother's Day. You picked up the phone and dialed your mom to say, 'Happy Mother's Day,' and as you did, you got the same little message, 'Sorry, but all the circuits are busy.' Everybody else in America was calling their mom, too.”

Hello...This is GOD calling!

            Pastor Warren went on to say:

"Many times, God has wanted to talk to you, but He got a busy signal. Many times God has wanted to talk to you, but the line was off the hook. You don't want to do call waiting with God. You've got to make time. There are many things that are good that can distract you – but when you’re too busy to listen to God, then you're too busy!"

Are YOU too busy???

            How true!  Our busy lifestyles keep us running! Our brains stay so full of STUFF that many times we can’t hear the truly important messages.  We’ve grown so accustomed to multi-tasking that we really think we should be able to continually do more than one thing at a time.  And while that’s sometimes necessary, if we are serious about staying in the center of God’s will, we MUST slow down and be still enough to hear Him speak.

            Be ready to listen when God calls…Don’t be too busy to hear His message of JOY.