In a few minutes I will be clicking on a small icon on this page that says "Publish." When I do that, all of the words that I have written will be discharged from my computer, and they will fly into space; and then they will fall down on your computers to be read.
I hope I have not gone over your head with my technical jargon.
Obviously, I jest. Processes that I cannot even imagine will take place, but I don't care. If I were to say that I have kept up with modern technology, what I would really be saying is that I have learned which buttons to push and which icons to click.
I like many of the things that smarter minds than I have figured out how to do. I like pushing a button that lets me watch a football game taking place two-thousand miles away. I like seeing my daughters on my monitor while we talk, even though they are in other parts of the country. I like the button on my microwave that will transform hard kernels into popcorn in three minutes. I like driving a car that takes me places just because I turned a key.
What I am saying is that I am grateful to all of those smart people who understand how things work, and who have taken the time to develop a simple method of operation for those of us who don't. I am a simpleton in most things electrical, mechanical, and technological; but thankfully, I am still able to enjoy the fruits of other people's labor, skill, and knowledge.
The creators of phones and cameras and computers and cars and lights all want me to experience their discoveries. They want to let me in on their work, and they hope I will delight in it. So, they have designed simple processes that I can understand, which allow me access to their products, even though I have not an inkling of what makes them work.
I think God is this way. Humans operate on a very limited understanding of how God works. Like in the workings of a computer, we have no idea of the complexities in which He operates. Nevertheless, God wants us to enjoy Him. And He makes it simple. Push the button "Love" or the one next to it that says "Pray." There is another that says "Be Kind" and one that says "Help Others" and one that says "Forgive and Show Mercy."
While God expects us to learn and grow in relationship to Him, I am firmly convinced that all of the right buttons and icons are within easy reach in the place where we are.
I think that we often make knowing God hard, but we don't have to. He has made it simple.
I hope I have not gone over your head with my technical jargon.
Obviously, I jest. Processes that I cannot even imagine will take place, but I don't care. If I were to say that I have kept up with modern technology, what I would really be saying is that I have learned which buttons to push and which icons to click.
I like many of the things that smarter minds than I have figured out how to do. I like pushing a button that lets me watch a football game taking place two-thousand miles away. I like seeing my daughters on my monitor while we talk, even though they are in other parts of the country. I like the button on my microwave that will transform hard kernels into popcorn in three minutes. I like driving a car that takes me places just because I turned a key.
What I am saying is that I am grateful to all of those smart people who understand how things work, and who have taken the time to develop a simple method of operation for those of us who don't. I am a simpleton in most things electrical, mechanical, and technological; but thankfully, I am still able to enjoy the fruits of other people's labor, skill, and knowledge.
The creators of phones and cameras and computers and cars and lights all want me to experience their discoveries. They want to let me in on their work, and they hope I will delight in it. So, they have designed simple processes that I can understand, which allow me access to their products, even though I have not an inkling of what makes them work.
I think God is this way. Humans operate on a very limited understanding of how God works. Like in the workings of a computer, we have no idea of the complexities in which He operates. Nevertheless, God wants us to enjoy Him. And He makes it simple. Push the button "Love" or the one next to it that says "Pray." There is another that says "Be Kind" and one that says "Help Others" and one that says "Forgive and Show Mercy."
While God expects us to learn and grow in relationship to Him, I am firmly convinced that all of the right buttons and icons are within easy reach in the place where we are.
I think that we often make knowing God hard, but we don't have to. He has made it simple.
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