The Phone on the Elevator
IllustrationTestimony★★★★ONE TIME I was trapped on an elevator. The immediate reaction of all of the people was panic. We were trapped, stuck, and couldn’t get out. Some people were crying, “Help!
Help! Help!” Were we sincerely crying out? Yes!
Were we begging for help? Yes! But it wasn’t working.
Other folks were banging on the door. Bam, bam, bam! No one was hearing all that noise, but those folks didn’t care.
They kept right on banging. Desperate people do desperate things. They were crying out. There was one calm man on the elevator.
I simply walked to the other side, pulled out a latch, picked up the telephone, and waited. A voice said, “Is there a problem?” I said, “We’re trapped on the elevator between this floor and this floor. Can we get some help?”
They responded, “We’ll be right there.” See, everybody forgot about the phone. We were so into being trapped that we forgot there was a phone link to the security department. Merely by picking up the phone, we were released from our hostage situation.
All the human effort we put forth, banging and yelling, wouldn’t work, but picking up the phone and asking for help did. We had to seek help using the connection.
The point
Trapped on an elevator, panicked people banged and cried out uselessly until one calm man picked up the phone and contacted security, bringing quick help. Illustrates that prayer and proper connection bring help when human effort fails.