Around the turn of the century, there was a group of applicants waiting to be interviewed for a job as a wireless operator. With the exception of one person, the entire group was busy talking amongst themselves. The one person who was not talking was listening intently to the sound of dots and dashes coming over the loudspeaker.
Without warning, this person jumped out of the chair and almost raced into the hiring manager’s office. The rest of the group stopped their talking long enough to chuckle at the sight, thinking the person would certainly be disqualified for bursting into the manager’s office unannounced.
Moments later, this same person came out of the office with a huge smile and the exclamation, “I got the job!” Bewildered, the entire group began to protest and said, “How did you do that?”
The person responded, “If you hadn’t all been talking you would have heard the hiring manager’s coded message over the loudspeaker. It said, ‘The person I need for this job must always be on the alert. The first one who hears this message and comes into my office will get the job as the wireless operator.’ ”
Recently at our church, we began our study of Jesus’ great Sermon on the Mount. We l ...
