“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:26 (NIV)
What Can We Rely On?
At the risk of sounding like my grandfather, “Back in my day, things were built to last!” For example, in the early years of our marriage we purchased a simple, ivory refrigerator. Boy did we feel like adults! Years later when we moved, it moved along with us and that fridge continued to work without a hitch for almost 30 years.
Then, seven years ago we moved into our new house and with it came shiny, modern appliances. Would you believe that in that short time, we’ve had to have the ice maker in our refrigerator serviced on THREE different occasions? Our grandsons were here once while it wasn’t working so I’d made ice the old fashioned way. When I got the white plastic trays out of the freezer to give the boys a cube, they put their hands over their cups and said, “I want real ice!” Oh my how times have changed. But the truth is, we are spoiled and depend on our ice maker to spit out moon shaped cubes whenever we want them.
Here are a few more things I rely on:
~My cell phone to help me stay connected
~Air conditioning to combat the heat
~A key that always unlocks the door
~Our car to get me where I’m going
~The generator to provide power when there is none
What would you add? Whatever it is, guess what? Just like the 3X “new” ice maker in our refrigerator, these things on my list and yours can also, and probably will, fail. Things are dependable until they’re not.
Here’s a hard thought: People are the same. We want to trust those around us, especially the ones closest to us and in turn, they place their confidence in you and me. But, (and that’s a big but) no one is perfect and so, there comes a time when we too are reliable, until that is, we’re not. So what in the world can we rely on? The answer is nothing. There’s not one thing “in the world” that won’t let us down.
But, (and this is a bigger but) there is One, not of this world, that we can confidently put our faith in!
“Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.”
Lamentations 3:22 (NIV)
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”
Hebrews 13:8 (NIV)
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelation 1:8 (NIV)
So, here’s my new list of things to rely on:
~Jesus is our connection between Heaven and Earth
~He is the ONLY Way to avoid the “heat”
~God sent his Son to be our Key to eternal life
~Through Him, can we only be sure to get where we are going
~There is nothing that provides more power than the blood of Jesus
What would you add? Whatever it is, if it’s about Jesus, guess what? He. Will. Never. Fail!
“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.”
Isaiah 54:10 (NIV)
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I’m still using the old ice cube trays, LOL.
Seriously though, I am also grateful that we can always rely on God and He will never let us down.
We were using them too until we moved here. It cracked me up that the boys had never seen them before. Oh how times change! I’m thankful too that God doesn’t! Thank you for taking your time to comment Sandra. I truly appreciate it.
Love how you wrote your list of temporal and spiritual parallels that you rely on, Cindy. #22
Thank you Dawn. The funny thing is, I didn’t plan on the second list when I started BUT the Holy Spirit went to work on me! And as always it’s a lesson I need! Thanks for stopping by.
Love this Cindy! This is great.
(Coming to you today from my new website)
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Thanks Paula! Congrats on your new site! And thank you for stopping in.
Great post! So thankful that God never lets us down, and that he helps us to be more faithful and reliable too! Visiting from FMF#15
I agree Kym and especially with the second part! I need all the help I can get! I appreciate you taking your time to comment.
Really liked your post. In fact, we quoted some of the same scriptures so our minds must have been hit with the same good news about how we can rely on our unchanging God.
Thank you Wayne! Isn’t it amazing how the Holy Spirit works in each of us? It’s inspiring to know that He helps us see things in the same way. I truly appreciate you taking time to comment.