From: George Mooth <>
Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian
Subject: Our Daily Bread "Telephone Runaround"
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 10:11:41 -0500

June 5 Friday

TELEPHONE RUNAROUND

Read: Psalm 34:15-22

The eyes of the Lord are on the
righteous, and His ears are
open to their cry. -Psalm 34:15

I needed to make a phone call to my insurance company.
It’s a good thing I started calling early!

First came the busy signals – for an entire day! Next
came a recorded message followed by music, occasionally
interrupted by a voice that said, "Our lines are still
busy. Please hold, or hang up and try again."

Finally I got through. Hooray! But this led to a
complicated set of instructions: For policy
information, press 1. For new coverage, press 2. To
make a claim press 3. To talk to an agent press 4. I
chose the last option. A recording said he was out of
the office and told me to press the pound (#) key. The
same voice gave me the same options again. I hung up.

About the same time, I had an urgent need to talk with
the Lord. I didn’t get a busy signal, nor was I put on
hold. I knew that God was listening and that He cared
deeply for me.

We don’t always get immediate answers to our prayers,
but because of the wonderful prayer promises in the
Bible we know that we are heard. In Psalm 34, for
example, David reviewed his prayers and the Lord’s
answers. Then he said, "The eyes of the Lord are on
the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry"
(v.15). Thank God that there is no such thing as a
prayer runaround.
-David C. Egner

For Further Study
What is the prayer promise in each of these verses?
Psalm 10:17; John 14:13-14;
Hebrews 4:16; James 4:2-3; 1 Peter 3:12

PRAYER IN JESUS’ NAME IS A DIRECT LINE TO GOD.

OUR DAILY BREAD, Copyright 1998 by Radio Bible Class,
Grand Rapids,Michigan. Used by permission.