"CALL to ME!"

Jeremiah 33:1-3                (ESV)
"1 The Word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard:
2 "Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it-the LORD is HIS name:
3 Call to ME and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known."

It seems that many people are so busy in today's fast-paced society that they don't have time to listen to direction from the LORD.  As a matter of fact, I'm not sure that many of us would recognize the voice of the LORD without some Divine intervention.  Jeremiah knew the voice of the LORD, but still GOD placed him "shut up in the court of the guard" to limit interference from "this world"!  Isn't it amazing how GOD can place us specifically in a circumstance where we are able to hear from nobody else but HIM?

There is a tremendous amount of noise from "this world" that competes for our attention.  Television is one of the most commonly used.  Not long ago we ceased subscribing to the local newspaper as it had become a bastion of what "this world" desired for us to hear.  Rest assured that unless someone is OF GOD, they won't be espousing Kingdom things.

Jeremiah 33:3 says "CALL to ME" and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known".  GOD promises Jeremiah to answer him, but Jeremiah had to "CALL to ME" first!  Number one, our lives are so busy that most of the time we don't take time to "CALL to ME!", and when we do take time to "CALL to ME" we can't hear GOD because we don't separate ourselves from "this world" enough to hear HIS directives.   We try to listen to GOD over the noise from "this world", and that noise can be deafening at times.

Perhaps GOD needs to "shut up in the court of the guard" sometime?  GOD is more than capable of slowing us down than most of us care to admit.  And when GOD says slow down, HE doesn't play!!!  When GOD says "CALL to ME", HE might have a Word that will change your life.  But we will never hear the "great and hidden things that you have not known" unless we "CALL to ME"!!