When I was a freshman I landed a pretty sweet job fixing computers. The job was and is great because I get to do something that I love, something that is familiar to me, something that makes people happy. When you tell people you saved their 50+ page paper for grad school, they're really excited. I was really thrilled when I got the job. For anyone who doesn't know I have been working on computers for a long time. I have even built computers from scratch. Which means that I know all the details about them. I know how they should sound, how they should function, what temperature they should be etc. This makes them easy to fix, since I know as soon as something is wrong. Oddly enough God decided to teach me a lesson, which I decided to share with all my readers while I was at work tonight.
There was these two computers that I was trying to fix. They were very broken. They had all sort of problems, and as soon as I fixed one of the problems another one seemed to surface. I decided to dedicate 90% of my attention to these computers. I would wheel my chair to a few other "easy" ones, and I could wheel away from them, because I was confident that they didn't need my direct attention at all times. I just gave the easy computers the resources they needed to almost fix themselves. This allowed me to sit at these two machines and make them my highest priority.
Strangely enough God does the exact same thing. God is like a IT employee. He's doing something that he loves. He's been doing it a long time! He likes making us happy. He designed us, and is able to repair us so easily because he designed all the parts that compose us. He can also dedicate 90% of his attention to the "problem" computers. Now don't get me wrong here, God is a little better than me at managing his attention and can realistically give 100% attention to everyone, but for the sake of this metaphor just bear with me.
God sits and focuses on these computers that have a lot of problems. He takes em one step at a time, fixing one area of our lives until we are back in working condition. He can dedicate his attention carefully working through the problems that the person has. He also gives these "easier" computers the resources to fix themselves. He gives his followers community, scripture, and lots of other tools so that we can fix ourselves and continue to help others.
The best part is that God wants us, as his followers, to do the same thing. God wants us to focus our energy on relationships that need fixing the most. Its easy to just want to give up, to always just want to work on easy machines, but its the harder ones that require the most dedication. Sometimes we are involved in relationships where there is a lot of fixing to be done. Well let this be a lesson to keep going. Keep investing time in these relationships, because even the most difficult problems are eventually fixed.
So if you are a follower, invest in these relationships. God is working in their life. Hes working hard. Ask him for the resources to help your friends. Ask him how you can help your friends since he designed them and knows exactly how to fix them. If you are not a follower, then know that right now God is investing himself in you. He trying to fix you. Hes dedicating himself to you. He sitting there, not distracted by anything else that is happening. To him you are his number 1 priority right now. So help him help you. Take a risk and hand your life over to God to be fixed.
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