'you should know what to do by now'

Voice mail prompt messages are a funny thing, as I recently was made aware of. The current manifestation of the prompt for my cell voice mail is a good point. It merely says, "Hi, this is David. You should know what to do by now, so just do it." When I left it, I was merely trying to leave a prompt that was different than the typical, "Hi, this is David. I'm not here right now, so please leave your name, your message, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can" sort of message. While I didn't want to spend too much time being creative, whatever that all means, I did want something different, yet not so crazy as to confuse people. Hence, my current message.

But how interesting to discover that a friend, in trying to reach me, discovered some deeper, hidden meaning in the words of my prompt. In leaving me his message, a friend of mine replied something to the effect, "hey, this is a bit of a prophetic message. I should know what to do by now, so just do it? Hmmm. what are you trying to tell me?" And then he left the rest of his message (which has little to nothing to do with this blog). Perhaps this friend was merely in a very thoughtful mood. Then again, maybe the prompt struck him in his heart regarding what was going on his life at the time.

To me, the question begs to be asked, of myself, others, perhaps of you, 'do you know what to do?' Many of us claim ignorance as to why we don't 'do' something. We think, perhaps, that the sin of omission is far better than a sin of comission. Yet rather than a mere voice prompt, my friend heard not so much a digital recording of my voice, but more aptly a prompt from the Holy Spirit (no, I'm not confusing my voice with God's!). In hearing, 'you know what to do by now, so just do it,' maybe my friend's own spirit was pricked by words that spoke to his own [internal] struggles. Maybe we need to hear those words afresh. Maybe we need to reexamine our own hearts, and ask the Lord to show us, and speak into, those same hearts. What do you think?