Twenty-First Century life revolves around technology; and we wonder why God, as the influencer of our lives, has diminished. Pondering recently as to what one element of technology bears the most responsibility for man’s loss of relying on the Almighty’s guidance and perseverance to lead, restore and empower our lives, I decided upon the RESET function.
Wikipedia defines “reset” as: in a computer or data transmission system, a reset clears any pending errors or events and brings a system to normal. Yep, now isn’t that the perfect picture of how the vast majority (both Christian and non-Christian) of mankind thinks today? Why work at getting rid of an issue and improving yourself by mastering an obstacle if you can just abracadabra it away? Technology eliminates and erases. God creates and restores. Modern day humanity wants not to be accountable but excusable. Today’s society wants to have misdeeds and challenges instantly reversed, not steadfastly worked through and surmounted. The significant differentiating factor lies in what is orchestrated by Satan versus what is scribed by God.
Let’s look to Christ for deeper, clearer insight. Neither in the Garden of Gethsemane, Mount Calvary, nor anywhere else in the Bible did Jesus push the reset button. Instead, His life testified that the road to redemption and eternity is paved by enduring and rising above mistakes, pain and suffering. Christ refused a reset. His choice was to conquer all that beset Him. Isn’t this God’s call not only to His Son but, also, to all His children?
Satan’s world lures us to want and expect troubles and woes to vanish at the snap of our fingers. God guides us to understand our trials and tribulations will best disappear by overcoming and moving beyond them. Truth is, like our brother Christ, we have to go over our intimidating mountains, through our dark tunnels, across our barren deserts and rise from our deep valleys to reach the gates of heaven. However, not one of us is alone as we make our journey. God the Father is above us; Christ is beside us, and the Holy Spirit is within us.
There’s not a reset on earth that delivers the peace and triumph of pushing forward through all of life, knowing the promised reward of eternity in heaven awaits us at our finish line. Resets keep us planted on life’s starting line. Only plowing through life’s journey gets us to the finish line. Satan’s hang out is on this world’s starting line. Christ chose to hang on the cross so we can cross heaven’s finish line. The choice of continually returning to the starting line or persevering to the finish line is each of ours to make.
Will your fingers choose to push a reset, or your heart and soul pull you forward, through and into God’s presence and present that lies beyond the intimidating mountains, dark tunnels, barren deserts and deep valleys of earth?
Uplifted in a Broken Down World 