The Two Sided Elevator...

I heard this story on the radio and the correlation between it and the way we strive to make it on our own rather than turning to God struck me as nothing less than incredible and so I would like to share it with you.

"There was a man who was visiting a city with which he was unfamiliar. He was staying at a nice hotel and after checking in he went to the elevator to proceed to go to his room on the 7th floor. He entered the elevator, pushed the number 7, and waited for the doors to close. Once they
did, he noticed that he was alone on the elevator. As it began to rise he began to day dream and to think about all of the excitement that he was going to find in the world around him. The
elevator passed the 2nd floor...3rd floor...4th floor and the man's anticipation grew and grew. Then the 5th floor...6th floor, and when it reached the 7th it stopped but the door in front of him failed to open. The man frantically began to beat on the door. He felt a sense of claustrophobia start to overtake him and the walls began to close in around him. He pushed the Emergency Button and dialed the front desk on the in elevator emergency phone and began to explain his situation, but the person on the other end dismissed his plea for help swiftly and hung up on him. Finally in a feat of desperation the man fell to his knees and cried out "God help me!!!" At that moment a man walked onto the elevator and tapped the man on the shoulder. The man was shocked and startled by this, since he knew he had entered the elevator alone and no one
had got on in the floors that passed on the way up. He turned around to see an elderly man standing there holding the door open. The man regained his composure and stood to his feet, thanked the man, and went to his room. The elevator experience faded into the distance and was quickly forgotten..."

How many times have we been searching for a way where there appeared to be no way? How many times did we seek pleasure in the world even while we were proclaiming to be striving towards the "high calling". How many times have we tried everything that we think should work and failed? How many times have we asked other people to help us, only to have them turn their backs on us or avoid us altogether? But we still call on them the next time we have a problem or a crisis arises in our lives knowing that they weren't there for us the last time! How many times do we have to bang on the door, call for help, push the Emergency Button, before we get desperate? Why not just talk to God in the first place?...