Ain’t technology grand?
About ten years ago I was part of a team sent by my company
to teach employees how to use an upgraded computer program. The computers we had been using were very cumbersome,
and obsolete to the point where they had to be replaced in order to be upgraded. As I was learning about this new system, I
wanted to try to test its limits. I
tried whatever I could think of to make it crash. I discovered that no matter what, even if I
were able to interrupt the flow of information to the computer for a while, that
flow of information could be restored, and things would be back to business as
usual. The fact that the computer’s
information pipeline could not be permanently broken was reassuring. Employees who were not familiar with
technology did not have to be afraid of causing the company to implode from a
few clicks of the mouse. Even if they
did cause an accidental implosion, all we had to do was call the company’s
techno-geeks that run the computer system.
A few minutes later it would be up and running again, good as new.
The Bible tells us that God’s love for us does not
crash. Even though our fellowship with
God can be interrupted, his love for us cannot.
The apostle Paul wrote, “I am absolutely sure that not even death or
life can separate us from God's love. Not even angels or demons, the present or
the future, or any powers can do that.
Not even the highest places or the lowest, or anything else in all
creation can do that. Nothing at all can ever separate us from God's love
because of what Christ Jesus our Lord has done.”
That’s right – no matter what we do wrong, God still loves
us. And when we do something wrong and
want to make things right again, we tell Him. By his death on the cross, Jesus made a way
for us to bring our relationship back online with God. If we admit that we have sinned, he will
forgive us our sins. He will forgive every wrong thing we have done. He will
make us pure, good as new!
Ain’t God grand?
