Noise

Today I had a rare opportunity to venture onto the roof of our building to conduct an audit of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) systems, of which there are 90+ units on the roof of our facility. I had to randomly select 2 or 3 units to look into, checking the belts, filters, condensation pans and the coils. Did I really know what I was doing? Well, sort of. One of the maintenance workers explained where everything was so I could become familiar with the units.

The most exciting part of this adventure is that I could see for miles and miles out across the valley, almost totally surrounded by mountains covered in snow. Venturing close to the edge of the building--but not too close--I was able to look down and see what was going on at ground level. It was awesome! As I watched co-workers moving around at the base of the building, I realized that they could not hear me because the machinery down below was too loud, but I could hear them when they called up to us on the roof.

It made me think about how God must feel as He watches us go about our daily activities. He looks down on us and tries to communicate, but we may be surrounded by too much "noise": activities, work and other distractions that take our attention off of Him, and then we can't hear Him. Thankfully, He can hear us when we call out to Him, regardless of how much noise is around us. We have to step away from the noise and then we can hear Him and give Him our full attention.