A Way Of Looking At Things
Yesterday, I laughed. I could do nothing about the lost data except try to reconstruct it again - and again - and again - and again. You would have thought this article would have been refined to perfection? I have noticed things go wrong when I'm writing about evil. I don't say I know when Satan is especially attacking my writing but failing to take the hook of impatience and anger sure takes Satan out of the conclusion. I wondered if there was just someone who might be dealing with the evil I was talking about and Satan was so wanting me not to succeed. I'm not saying I'm important in the whole scheme of things, but it does make you wonder why some things go so wrong and why it's important to not give up.
I could have stopped and just thought, "I'll do something else tomorrow." Or, "Oh well, this topic wasn't that good anyway." Or, "I can't remember exactly what I said and it just won't be as good." Amazingly, we can talk ourselves out of doing what is right so easily. Our sinful nature is always laying there ready to surface when and if we give it a chance. So, let me do a little computer comparison:
God designed the ultimate intelligent computer - NEVER to be topped. He designed you. You even came with guarantees, instruction book, and a promise to never be dumped at the junk yard. If you follow the instructions, written by the Maker, you will be the richest person in the world. You can look into subjects, hearts, and situations with the ultimate search engine. You always have, at your fingertips, the help line. Computer geeks are under the impression, THEY invented the whole electronics information highway - their inventions are superior and innovative. OK, I'm not saying they aren't good and helpful. I am saying it's nothing new. God has been working this plan since the beginning of time. His plan does not crash, loose power, become obsolete, have glitches, get stolen, loose memory, burn up in a house fire, or have fine print that nullifies your expectations.
So in a world that heaps praise on the developments and inventions of man, put a little time into considering God's work. When we see, read or hear daily how an electronics developer has become the darling of the industry, consider the insignificance of man's work compared with the never failing work of our God. And another big thing about the development of man's electronics, it can be used by Satan. God has the perfect and complete spam package, virus control, porn eliminator, crash prevention IF you only buy the package.
This is a one-price package that can be delivered instantaneously. No delivery delays and no lost parcels. The price has already been paid when Jesus died on the cross, was resurrected and returned to Heaven to await His return. St. John 3:16-17 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." The cost to you is turning your heart over to God, through Jesus Christ. By praying this very moment, "Lord, please forgive my sins and come into my heart. I believe that you were sent to save me and you are the son of God. Please work in my life to allow me to become what you desire. Amen" John 3:3 "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
When you find the world is selling itself as the best, most, and ever great, realize it's as a pinpoint of sand in God's accomplishments. And it is nothing compared to the guarantee God offers: Acts 2:17-21 "And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: and on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: and I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: and it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.