James 2: 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so
faith without works is dead also.
Are you there God?
I put a call out to God. Does He hear me? Does He know
what’s going on down here? With all of the overused technology today, you’d
think God would just answer his cell phone when I call on Him.
We’re in an era of overuse of technological gadgets. Our
food cooks quicker, our phones need no land lines, our TV is much clearer and
rarely do you ever get a rolling screen, we wash and dry clothes in machines and
we sit on computers to spend hours of our precious time. It isn’t only the
insane who have turned their back on God we sane folk are just as guilty.
Did you ever wonder why with all this technology God doesn’t
use a cell phone? Like when I pray, why can’t I just dial Him up and have Him
answer? Why? Because as much as WE’VE changed, God has NOT changed. He doesn’t
need YouTube to reach you, He doesn’t need mechanical skills to wave His hand
to have you prosper, all He needs is YOU, to turn your attention on Him. That’s
it.
Since mass shootings are occurring more frequently, we tend
to get the feeling God has turned His back on us and left us to dangle here
without any help. It’s not true. God is here. The only way we hear Him is
through SHOCK to our technological nation. You see, we’re so wrapped up in
instant gratification, having everything here and now, we don’t have the
patience NEEDED to wait on God, we don’t HEAR God’s calling out to us.
I asked God, “Are you here?” Ironically, He didn’t take days
to answer just mere seconds. I HEARD even through all the humming coming from
behind me through the computer, even with all the *dings* of notifications,
the beep of the microwave, the churning of the washer; I HEARD!
I have an innate way of turning off the world. I didn’t have
techno gadgets distracting me all my life so I knew what I was listening for. I
had a phone with a cord that didn’t reach very far. I had a TV with a few
stations, not hundreds, I hung clothes on the line and we used the stove to
actually cook. Things like that is what keeps one focused on the here and now.
I didn’t get my first computer and cell phone until eleven years ago, so really
I have NOT allowed technology to taint me like it has so many millions of
people.
There’s a video on YouTube (another idol distraction to the
world). It shows kids seeing a corded phone for the first time. They only know
texting and cells so this phone was so foreign they didn’t know what it was.
When told, they laughed, “No way! You had to PAY to make a long distance call?
No way!” They were kind of shocked. They couldn’t imagine living life this way.
Kids are so spoiled by technology they didn’t even know what
dial-up was. When they were showed, they became confused. But when given their
iPad, iPod, cell, laptop; they knew right away how to text and use the silly
gadgets and how to easily get to the instantaneous internet.
Steven texted me one day and I didn’t even know that the odd
ring on my phone MEANT a text call. What do I do? Respond? HOW? I see letters
next to the numbers so I hit “k”. REPLY, wow, I did it. And suddenly I felt
like throwing my phone out the window!
While Steven has been a techno freak for twenty-five years
or so, I myself to this day can not fathom the fascination. I wrapped myself up
so much with God, I didn’t see technology rising around me. I saw it as a
distraction FROM God not a way to get CLOSER to God.
Now people can hand me the malarkey that technology, or
better yet, the internet has a lot of GOOD in it, I tend to agree, to an
extent. But within a good thing, there dwells evil always one step ahead ready
to sway you away from the good. You CAN become addicted to the net no different
than being addicted to alcohol. It will eat you alive, trust me I know, I’m
still waiting for it to spit a few people I know back out.
So again, I ask, “Are you there God?” And quite quickly He
responds,
“Yes, I kiss the earth every morning with the rising of the
sun. I tuck it into bed with the setting of the sun. I sing to you daily in the
chiming of the birds. I whisper to you softly with the breath of winds words. I
wrap my arms tightly around you in your time of need. I fill you with abundance
when it’s time to feed. I’m there right beside you in the simplest of tasks.
I’m waiting for your response to everything I ask. Am I there in devastation,
when no one thinks to care? I’m with you always, if you look, I’M RIGHT THERE!”
Wow! Who knew God was a poet? Me. How did I know? Because I
use all six of my God given senses: I SEE Him. I HEAR Him. I TASTE Him. I SMELL
Him. I TOUCH Him. And most importantly, I FEEL Him, because He’s been here
inside, ALL ALONG!
Luke 2: 40And the child grew, and waxed strong
in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
