1"The Lord called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying. . ." (Leviticus 1:1 ESV)
Several times a day, my cell phone will ring and more often than not, caller id will alert me to the identity of the caller. I wonder how I would react if one day the phone showed that it was God giving me a call. Would I beleive it or just put it down to another in a long line of cell phone scams?
God does call His children on a daily basis. Of course he doesn't need Verizon or Sprint. The Holy Spirit takes care of placing God's calls. How do we react when God calls? Do we let them go to voicemail to be listened to later? Perhaps we are only partially enagaged in the call as we go through the daily grind.
When God calls, we should drop everything and become intent on the message He has for us. Perhaps it is a call to action or maybe to prayer. Or maybe God is calling to remind us He loves us and is always watching over us. Whatever the purpose of the call our rapt attention must be followed by strict obedience to whatever is required.
For the next seven chapters in Leviticus, God outlines a series of processes and procedures the Israelites were to follow. After pages and pages of instruction, God hangs up. The next verse is telling, "And Moses did as the Lord commanded him. . ." (Lev. 8:4) Moses did as he was commanded. No "let me call you back" or "give me some time to think about it". Moses obeyed. The message was so clear from God that Moses did not doubt its authenticity. And his faith in God was so great that disobedience or hesitation was not an option.
When we get a clear message from God, Moses provides an example of what should be our response. "Yes, Lord. Right away, Lord." Anything else is disobedience.
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