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Friday, October 28, 2011

Let the Expert Run the Show


Genesis 1:27 (New International Version)
 So God created mankind in his own image,
   in the image of God he created them;
   male and female he created them.



Computers are a wonderful mystery.

We love the informational possibilities of the Internet. We love being able to communicate our friends all around the world via e-mail. We love playing Solitaire.

But most of us have no idea how it all works. And when it doesn’t work ... well, that’s even more of a mystery.  Albeit not especially wonderful.

One time comes to mind that was really frustrating. The new HP printer would not scan photos and communicate with my computer.

I made a few phone calls, and got bounced from service representative to technician back to service representative again. Eventually I was TOLD that they could download a program to my computer through the Internet, but would have to allow them to take control of her keyboard for a few minutes.
A box appeared on my screen, asking for permission for the technician to take over my computer.

“At first it was a little frightening “It was like they were inside my computer talking to me.

I went ahead and clicked the “yes” box and allowed the tech to have their way with my computer.

“It was amazing and fun to watch the little arrow moving around my screen as I sat there with my hands in my lap,”. “Even though the tech was miles away maybe even thousands of miles away the technician was going through my computer changing files and accessing whatever he needed as he moved throughout  my computer. I mostly had no idea what he was doing, but clearly he did. So I sat there and turned my computer over to him and let him do what he needed to do.”

In just a few minutes the job was done, and the control of my computer was returned to me, with the printer working.


“There is no way I could have done all of that myself,” “Not in a million years. All that clicking, controlling all of those menus, going places that I didn’t even know existed on my computer – there’s no way I could have done that, not even with a book of instructions. The best and safest thing for me to do was to back off and let an expert run the show.

As we look at it, it’s the same way with God. While we do a pretty good job with our lives most of the time, there are moments when we’re in way over our heads. At such times it’s probably a good idea to turn the controls over to Him, and then to back off and let the Expert run the show. After all, it’s His show, and He knows what He’s doing.”

Even though sometimes it’s all a wonderful mystery to us.

Dear Lord we pray that we would turn all things over to You the expert. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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