The Cone of Silence
When I was a kid we used to watch the show Get Smart. For
those of you not as old as me; this was a sitcom based on a secret government
agency. Did you know that it was created
by Mel Brooks? That might explain the
absurdity of it. The show was a cross
between James Bond and Inspector Clouseau.
Maxwell Smart was Agent 86 and his partner was Agent 99. The nemesis in the show was an organization
called KAOS. Instead of the modern day
cell phone, Smart had a rotary dial phone in his shoe. He was really inept at being a spy and his
success depended more on luck than anything else.
One of my favorite devices in the show was the Cone of
Silence. Anytime Smart wanted to talk to
Chief in private he would request the Cone of Silence. It was a big plastic cone that would descend
from the ceiling over the desk so they could talk in private. The problem with the Cone of Silence was it
never really worked properly.
Other special agent devices included an olive radio transmitter,
French bread triangulation device, coffee and donut radio, bowl of fruit
microphone & tape recorder, parking meter telegraph and two of my
favorites, fly microphone and the Closet of Silence that was used when the Cone
of Silence had been rented out to the CIA.
I think sometimes when it comes to our communication with God, we
need to utilize the Cone of Silence but our Cone of Silence doesn’t work
properly either. How many times do you rush through your prayers to God and
then run on to the next thing? When it
comes to our time with God we often forget that He wants us to listen, not
talk. Sometimes our prayers are short
circuited because we aren’t listening for God’s voice. I am guilty of getting so caught up in what I
am saying, that I don’t listen for what God wants me to learn from just being
silent in His presence.
In one episode of Get Smart Max and the Chief enter the Cone of
Silence, but so does a bee and the buzzing is so loud that it drowns out the
conversation. How many times have we
allowed outside distractions to interfere with our communication with God?
I think I need to start my quiet time with God in the Cone of
Silence. Find your quiet place and just
be still in His presence. God wants to
talk to you but it requires uninterrupted time and attention. You will be amazed at what God will tell you in
the Cone of Silence.
Prayer for the Day: Heavenly Father, I am
guilty of talking over You. When I
should be listening for Your voice, I am often already thinking of the next
thing I want to ask You. Help me to
value the time I spend with You and to spend the majority of it listening for Your
voice.
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