Is it just me, or does it seem like every single person in the world these days has a cell phone? I rarely walk past anyone or drive past anyone who is not talking on his cell phone. Are babies born with these multi-colored technological gadgets attached to their ears? The other day I saw a little girl walking to school (she could not have been any older than first grade) talking away on her cell phone!

Recently, I read a sign in the lobby of a church that said: “When God speaks, He will not call your cell phone, so please turn yours off as you enter the auditorium.” I enjoyed that immensely but have also been convicted by its message. With all of the modern technology today ringing in our ears, I wonder if we would even recognize God’s voice if He did “call.”

In Acts chapter nine, Saul of Tarsus is on his way to Damascus, ready to imprison any whom he could find there that were following the way of Jesus Christ. Suddenly, a light shines down from Heaven that literally blinds his eyes. A voice, following that light, says, “Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?” I find Saul’s response very interesting. Trembling and astonished, he asks, “Who art thou, Lord?” He answers his own question before he finishes asking it. How did Saul know that this was the voice of God? I believe that he had heard that voice before. No doubt at the stoning of Stephen, Saul had heard that voice. No doubt as he had watched the early Christians suffer martyrdom (some historians say that Saul was responsible for the death of over 2,000 Christians prior to his conversion), he had heard this voice. Now as he hears God speak once again, his heart is smitten, and he is wonderfully converted! Read more »