Growing up, I loved watching “The Jetsons” cartoon. And I never thought I’d live to see the day when there was an actual flying car… but I saw one on the internet recently which built and tested in Europe.
Growing up, I used to love shows like Star Trek and Buck Rogers. Again, I never thought I’d live long enough to see the day when people could communicate via video and audio over handheld devices… but I FaceTime with family regularly.
Now when I see a transparent screen on a tablet or a floating hologram computer screen on a movie, I realize that, before my boys graduate high school, they could be using such technology… as we travel across the country in our family’s flying car.
Recently I was watching one of those “Anne of Green Gables” TV shows when I heard the character Matthew Cuthbert say, “I reckon every new idea was modern once… until it wasn’t.”
What once was new to all of us before Steve Jobs pulled an iPhone out of his pocket and introduced us to the new world of smartphones containing phone, camera and computer all in one is now old hat. Everyone has one… even kids. They have even created a simple version for elderly folks who may not be ready for all the bells and whistles.
The same is true when it comes to the challenges in our lives. Often, we can’t even imagine how we could overcome them. We don’t see how we could get well… or get out of debt… or get an “A” in that class… or get that spouse. We are limited by what we know and have experienced.
But God is not limited. He knows all and has experienced all. And He has all creative ability within Himself. So He can bring something to the table in an instant which is a game-changer for us.
Adam had never seen or imagined a woman when God gave him Eve. Noah had never built a boat or seen rain when God spared him and his family. Moses had never seen a sea part when God opened up the Red Sea and led the millions of Israelites through on dry land. Elijah had never had birds bring him food till he camped at Kerith Brook. The disciples had never seen someone stop a storm with their words… or heal the blind with mud… or feed the masses with the minuscule… or raise themselves from the dead… till Jesus. But after those experiences, those people knew that God has ways of doing something even when we don’t.
God is ready, willing and able to step into the course of our lives and bring something we have never thought of… never dreamed… never imagined… never entertained as possible to change our situation completely in our favor! So instead of sitting around singing, “Gloom, despair and agony on me,” today, try inviting God to work His power of the new and unexplainable in your life. You may not see a way, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a way. With God, nothing is impossible!
Just pull out that smartphone… although you’re probably reading this on it, and so it’s already in your hand… and remember that every new idea was once modern… until it wasn’t. Then ask God to do something new in your life, and one day down the road you’ll see that there really was a way… an answer… a solution. What was new in this moment will be a lasting foundation to believe for other new help in the future!
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