Remote

My baby Molly was riding in the car with me this week and she wanted to see/hold my phone.  Mind you, she is just turning two and already can make her way to the screen.  I am not sure what she was looking for; it is usually games or pictures but she started pushing all the buttons in an effort to achieve her success but finally in frustration she began squirming and mumbling.   I finally asked her if she wanted me to find her a game and she nodded with those sparkling blue eyes and that little smile of content and all was well.  

Watching her hold that phone and randomly push those buttons reminded me of what I do when something electronically goes awry at my house.   I start pushing buttons, usually to no avail and then somebody walks in who has a clear understudying of the mechanics of whatever it is that I am at loose ends with and pushes the buttons necessary to restart or adjust the culprit.  They take the reigns in confidence and sidestep my meager attempts and make things right.  So many times my issue is with the  remote control to the TV.  

OK just a minute on that remote control thing. You hold it, you aim it and you push it and you have great expectations that something that you willfully desire to happen will happen....and then if it doesn’t it is probably because of one of three things:  1) you have hit the wrong buttons, 2) the battery is exhausted or, 3) something is out of kilter with the object of communication.

My life has a lot of similarities to that remote control. I get something in my mind/head that I want to happen, aim at my goal, and so many times I expect things to happen according to my desires and my button pushing.  And many times, I just keep randomly pushing and pushing having a total disregard for the fact that I am not in charge, God is, and if he wants something to work he will give me the will to do it and the understanding to accomplish it. 

There is a wireless signal that allows one electronic gadget to communicate with the other.

If that signal is interfered with then communication gets muddled and either static subsides or  feeds are silenced.  As it is with me when I let distractions interfere with my communication with God through prayer. I can keep on pushing buttons but until I face the realization that I am trying to accomplish something on my own without seeking input from God who sees a whole picture and knows where the interference originates, I am not likely to get too far in my advances.

1 Thessalonians 3:11

Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear theway for us to come to you.

God maintains a life line to all of us that signals to us which way is His way.  If we seek Him, and seek his way we are surely gonna be led to push buttons of His choosing for His purposes.  But without Him, we are spinning our wheels and not getting His best for our lives. We will end up pushing buttons that have no heavenly merit, be exhausted in our efforts, and be out of kilter with God’s true purposes of worthy intent.  

Molly was so content when she finally was able to play her little game, but she needed help to get there.  We too, need sometimes to just let go of our own agenda and hand life over to God to manage His way. He knows which buttons of ours to push for he created us perfectly for his purposes. And too often we are pushing for things that will not bring us the fullness or satisfaction that only God can provide.   

Dear Lord, Thank you for the lessons that you continually teach me through watching my little grandchildren. I hand the remote of my life to you this day and will try to remember to hand it over again tomorrow, for I seem to have a way of taking it back.  Amen                

Praise God wherever you are and whatever situation He has allowed you to be in . . . His glory will shine through!