Tuesday, August 21, 2007


WIRED
With apologies to the author of the biography of John Belushi's book by the same title. But besides also being a good title for a Starbuck's addict, it's also a good title for a Christian on fire for God.
So what is this blogger writing about today? Well, certainly not all the stuff Belushi chose to put into his body. As much as I like Starbuck's coffee, French roasted, black, two to three cups in the morning and that's it, I'm not talking about anything you put into your body. I'm writing about focus and what we choose to put into our minds.
One of the poet's once wrote, "the world is too much with us". (Oh my, he's off on another topic.) But it's true. Even if we love the Lord passionately, the world will get in our way. There's this to do and that to do, and this distraction and that earthly pleasure, there's this carnal thought and this action of the flesh... and when we look at our watch, only twenty seconds have passed. Yep, there are a lot of things to intercept us, lots of things to disrupt our fellowship with God.
So, Mr. Blogger, you got the answer? For those new reader(s), you'll find I have very few answers. Oh, I have some. None very original. One answer I have that comes from scripture is simple: Love God and love your neighbors. If you do that, you keep the commandments. And, of course, God gave Moses 8 more commands for clarification. As far as how to keep fellowship with God--keep wired. Be wired for God.
A current praise song has the lyric "everything I see is glorious," and credits the Lord as Creator. When we see the beauty in the eyes of a child, the make up of the human body, the perfection in nature, we see what God has done. And we should be in awe.
Oh, we'll still get distracted, even the strongest coffee needs re-filled and warmed up. But if we're wired for God, if our wifi station is available to us 24/7, then our fire can be rekindled.

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