Remember when radios were only AM? Often, the fuzz interfered with the radio. Zeroing in on the station we wanted to hear could challenge us.
Today’s FM stations work scientifically in the same basic way AM radios work. The difference lies in how the wave from the sender is altered as it goes out. AM depends on modulating the wave’s amplitude—its strength. On the other hand, the carriers of FM waves vary the frequency—the number of times per second the current changes direction. This gives FM signals an advantage over AM signals. In an AM broadcast, these amplitude changes result in static. In an FM broadcast, slight amplitude changes don’t matter. The FM receiver can ignore them because of changes in direction and speed. The result: no static at all.
This got me thinking about the sound waves that bombard us constantly. Life is on AM with constant, noisy static. I think God is more like FM—broad moving frequency. Sometimes AM is deafening. The static drowns out the music. Audible chaos. Ouch.
Opportunities to grow closer to God are clearer when we step away from the heavily amplified noise and listen with complete focus on His still, small voice (Psalm 119:10). God’s voice has a spiritual frequency only a seeking or surrendered heart can hear, and yet it is broadcast by the Spirit in all directions all the time. He is hearable if our receiver is tuned in.
On what is your communication dial set? Are you seeking God with your whole heart? God is transmitting. Take time to listen to Him alone. The heart of God is omnidirectional. Keep listening throughout the day. Stay in His Word. He will speak in waves of grace and make known exactly what He has for you. FM means focused meditation.
Melody Morrison was born a musician and poet, playing piano by ear at four and writing her first poems and songs at six. Growing up as the preacher’s daughter in a family of six, life centered around family and church activities. After too much education, she spent many years teaching music, theatre, and special education while acting, singing in and directing church choirs, and writing articles, Bible studies, curriculum, stories, scripts, and musicals. The mother of four grown children who married and were fruitful and multiplied to produce seven grandchildren, she enjoys spending time being Gramma and getting to know these remarkable individuals. She and her husband travel and make beautiful music together. Melody’s greatest passion is encouraging people of every age and background to recognize and celebrate their own value as treasures of the Creator of the universe. She prays her efforts by the grace of God will support this endeavor.