I do not particularly enjoy the world of phone message recorders. I am glad they exist, and I have one at the office. Sometimes people leave important messages. Sometimes the message is not crucial, but it communicates a piece of information. In a day when we have so much to do and remember, getting those calls out of the way helps make our lives a little less cluttered.
But sometimes I get calls from a salesperson. I rarely return those calls. There is nothing in the Bible that says you have to return a call if you do not want to.
But God’s calls are different. He expects us to respond. If we respond to His call, our lives are altered. If we ignore the general call of the Gospel, we do so to our own detriment.