|
I have been having trouble with my computer lately, but when it comes to having trouble writing, it really bothers me! I know this seems trite, but my confirmation verse and some of this devotion have come into play. Even as I write this devotion, things just don't work like they used to work. The mouse clicks aren't working correctly, the copy and paste is different. I can't explain any of it!
Has this computer become my enemy? Have I been duped by some old software platform? Has my faithful and long held computer decided that enough is enough? I can't answer any of these questions. What I do know is that all of this simple stuff, in the entire realm of life, has caused me to take my eyes off of the real deal of writing in the first place.
"The Lord is the stronghold" - not some electronic gadgetry. The Lord is what I seek, not this irritating software with "Error on page" showing in the lower left-hand corner. But maybe that little message is telling me something. I live in a life of errors and in a world of sin. I live in a place and time that has faults. I live here but I don't have to stay here forever. I can focus on Jesus as my stronghold.
I seek to live and have a relationship with God. I seek to live in God's household. I seek the beauty of God and understand that this is what is real. For now, I deal with a means of communication that is failing me, but that is only temporary.
There will be a time when I will see the face of God. And of this one thing I can be sure... that God alone supplies the needs of life and supplies them abundantly. So abundantly that I discover the real meaning of it all -- God is my Light -- God is my salvation -- God is my stronghold.
In this I find God's security and presence and beauty and joy and shelter. In God alone!
This Advent Season we all look forward to Jesus coming to us and abiding with us. We need Jesus in our sinful lives to save us with his presence, his light and his salvation.
And once again I can rejoice in my confirmation verse...
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? --Psalm 27:1
Not this darn computer!!!
|
