We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Program

Kids do it. Spouses and friends do it. Our jobs. Sickness. All interruptions at some time or another in our life...that elusive pursuit of happiness. Maybe your life plays out like a sitcom, with the well-timed audience approval (mercy clap and canned laughter) when you constantly find yourself in a funny or awkward situation with those around you. Or, perhaps yours is a drama, filled with tense and anxious moments, often occurring in the hospital or police setting. Then there is the reality show, with all of it's "bleeping" to cover the unseemly verbal parries between the stars. Am I the only one who sometimes feels like my life is a program, complete with regular characters, guest stars, plots and sub-plots? Ok, how about when you are watching one of your favorite programs, and it's just getting to the good/funny/dramatic part when you hear "THE INTERRUPTION." "We interrupt our regularly scheduled program to bring you this important blah blah blah," because by this point, you are really only perturbed that your show isn't on.

Your son wakes up with a fever and can't go to school. Interruption to your super packed work day. OMG. Your best friend calls and needs to talk because something has happened, but you know it means 30 minutes on the phone and you're just not in the mood to listen. How about the doctor visit than changes everything. The car accident. The parent who has a stroke and now needs care. Human interruption invades the very core of our SELF. We don't like it, and we really don't want it. Why can't we just get on with our program?

There's another interruption, though. And this is the one that we can easily ignore. It doesn't have the face of our child, or the voice of our friend. It doesn't provide a paycheck or need any physical care. It doesn't beg or cry for our attention. It's the voice of a savior. It can be as quiet as a whisper, or as thunderous as a Lion. God, Himself, speaks and moves among us with such clarity and purpose, that we cannot deny His presence. His is a Holy Interruption - He has something to say to you and me! Are you listening? Are you willing to be obedient to the invasion of the Holy Spirit in your life? Or would you rather hear, "We now return to your regularly scheduled program."