I was thinking recently about the olden days when we didn’t have cell phones. We would set the answering machine when we left home (that is, if we remembered to) and would check it when we returned. In the meantime, no one could contact us unless they somehow tracked us down. People just understood that they would have to wait for us to call them back once we listened to their message.
I remember when my husband first said that he thought we should have a cell phone. Since we owned a mobile catering service, he felt it would be a huge asset to have a phone in case he or one of our employees needed help while they were on the road. I was dead set against it. While I agreed with his logic, all I could envision was being interrupted when we weren’t at home. Our home phone rang often since our business line also rang in our house and the last thing I wanted was to have to listen to more ringing when we were gone.
I eventually gave in and we purchased our first cell phone. It was huge and the reception wasn’t the best, but we had finally entered the mobile world. I soon realized what an asset it was to those in our business and it wasn’t long before we had quite a few cell phones on our plan. And yes, the day finally arrived when I had my very own mobile device.
Fast forward now quite a few years later…and I feel lost if I don’t have my cell phone with me. I’m so used to carrying it that when I do forget it at home, I’m always wondering if someone is trying to call or text me and waiting for my answer. If I’m honest, I know I am way too dependent on that mobile device and I need to work hard on loosening my grip on it.
This graphic I found recently really made me think and I started asking myself all of these “what if’s”. I have a feeling I would be much more “plugged-in” to what Christ is trying to teach me…if I did each of these that are listed. As I was mulling this over, I was also thinking about how often I check my phone to make sure the battery life will get me through the day…but it’s easy to forget that my true Power Source, God, never needs to be charged and can never be misplaced or left behind. He is always available…never “out of area” and never even needs upgraded to the latest model! I can always be plugged in to His power seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Every day…every hour…He is willing to communicate with me and if I treated my Bible like I do my cell phone....He could probably communicate with me even more. I’ll never get a busy signal or have to leave a message. Just think…the Creator of the universe wants to be in continual conversation with me…and you!
I wonder what would happen this week if every time I reached for my phone, I would stop and breathe a prayer of thankfulness to God for His power that is available to me. I wonder what would happen if I carried my Bible with me everywhere, just like I do my phone, and made sure and checked it throughout the day to see what He wants to tell me. I wonder if it would help me keep my focus on Him when life seems to be swirling around me. If nothing else, maybe it would help remind me that He is always the constant in my life…the One who never changes and is always available to recharge me…instead of me needing to recharge Him. And maybe, just maybe, it would help me be much more intent on keeping the lines of communication open with Him, instead of relying so heavily on the small “talk box” in my pocket.
“Your word is a lamp to guide my feet
and a light for my path.”
Psalm 119:105
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