“Is The Volume Too High?”
Going through some archives of old postings tonight, I found one I wrote in 2017 that felt worthy of a reshare. I hope that it blesses y’all.
June 26, 2017
One Sunday morning, a few years ago now, I was first learning to operate one of the production cameras at church. With my hands on the controls and my earphones in place, my shot was lined up and service began.
Music thundered and the sounds of rejoicing roared through the building. Suddenly, I realized I could not hear Steve, the Director’s, voice. Fear gripped me for a moment as I desperately tried to figure out what I was going to do. All I could hear was all the noise going on around me in the room. I couldn’t hear Steve’s calls to line up my shots or his prompts to let me know my shot was next up. In a moment of desperation, I located the call button on my handgrip and I called to Steve over the com and said, “PLEASE HELP! I CAN’T HEAR YOU!” Although it’s comical to think about now, the noise in the room was so loud I thought since I couldn’t hear him, he couldn’t hear me either, so I was yelling into the com. When I called out for help, I heard a faint voice coming back telling me where the volume control was located on the camera and to turn down the house volume. When I did, suddenly, all the noise going on around me was gone and I was able to hear Steve’s voice clearly.
As I was remembering that moment, the LORD reminded me that much like what I experienced that Sunday morning, we often times have the volume turned up from things going on all around us in our lives. So much so, at times, we can no longer hear the voice of the LORD, Who is trying to give us direction. We may be standing in the right place, stationed and ready for the task ahead, but unable to hear Him clearly. We may not even realize that He has given us the ability to turn OFF all of the noise going on and return to the quiet place where we can hear His voice again.
If you find that you’re currently in a similar place, GOD has given you the ability to turn off the clamor going on around you. You simply separate yourself away, turn off all the racket, get still and pray. It only takes a moment of taking control of what you are allowing to invade your heart and mind, to find the voice of the LORD once more. Be encouraged! He is just a call away. Blessings to each of y’all today.