Mark Sorensen A Native American was walking down the street with a businessman one day when the Native American stopped and said, “Do you hear that?” The businessman replied, “Hear what?” “The crickets.” “Crickets,” the businessman replied, “I don’t hear any crickets.” The Native American smiled and, after looking to his right, pointed to a single cricket chirping on the side of the busy sidewalk. Needless to say, the businessman was shocked! “I can’t believe that. We are here downtown with all of these people. You and I are talking and you can hear a single cricket chirping on the side of the road. I don’t know how on earth you have the ears to hear that!” What followed, the businessman would never forget.
The Native American reached into his pocket and took out some change. He threw it on the ground. At least twenty people stopped walking and turned their attention to the money rolling all over the sidewalk. He then replied, “You always hear what you’re tuned into. If it’s money, you’re going to hear a penny when it’s dropped. As for me? I am tuned into nature. That, my friend, is why I heard that lonely cricket.”
A good question for us all is this one: what are we tuned into?
Remember. There are many times in Scripture where God calls His people to freedom. God repeatedly calls His people to action that, oftentimes, involves fighting giants and spiritual battles and advancing the kingdom. But, let’s not also forget that God is also in the habit of calling His children to silence and stillness because it’s here, in the still small places, that we learn to stay “tuned” to the voice that speaks amidst all of the other noises we may find in our lives on a daily basis.
I pray this week we all find moments of selah, stillness, and rest as we stay tuned to the One who reminds us daily that we’re seen, we’re valued and we’re loved.
In Jesus’ name, amen.
Mark
