Holy Updates: When God Refreshes Our Spirits Daily
If you are in business, you probably have seen or know the value of a dashboard. Dashboards are often delivered by a computer application and show you the key metrics of your business. Dashboards often show critical aspects of your business, like customer metrics, logistics, or financial results. Depending on the needs of the business owner and the type of information they are tracking, dashboards can provide daily or even real time results.
I did a little research on dashboards and found that dashboards date back to horse drawn carriages. They typically were made of wood and provided a barrier for the passenger to prevent mud and debris from flying up and hitting the people in the carriage. When engines replaced horses, the dashboard created a barrier from the heat of the engine. Over time they became the panel of gauges that provide basic information about the car. And with all the technology we have today, dashboards are basically computer panels that run our vehicles.
We have grown accustomed to wanting—even needing—instant information or instant everything!
This obsession with the need for instant everything often becomes the way we want scripture, prayer, and God to behave for us. We expect that our needs and, far worse, our wants to be delivered immediately. Waiting is so old school.
Sometimes the writers of scripture use language that tells us that things can and do happen quickly. Mark’s gospel uses the word immediately to describe many of the miracles of Jesus. The Almighty certainly has the ability to do things at speeds we can’t even calculate. But as I read scriptures every morning, it seems to me that many of the promises and reminders of how God works in our lives come daily.
For example, the psalmist records in 68:19, “Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up.” We might feel some instant spiritual strength after reading scripture, praying, or at the encouragement of a friend. And when we do, it is because God daily strengthens us.
Lamentations reminds us that the steadfast love and mercies of God are new every morning. That sounds a lot like daily provision to me. And the apostle Paul explained in 2 Corinthians that our inner self is being renewed day by day.
Remember when Jesus taught his disciples to pray? What was that line we have all recited many times? “Give us this day our daily bread.”
I wear an Apple Watch and an Oura Ring, which tell me my heart rate, my oxygen level, my current state of stress, and on and on. Maybe all of this technology is helpful, but it might also lead us to having unrealistic expectations of how life should always be managed instantly. Don’t we have enough challenges to keep up with daily?
Father, today we are aware that you are always with us. We are grateful that you promise to be with us in every situation, even until the end of our time on this earth. Forgive us when we grow impatient about how we want our various problems and situations always resolved instantly. Today we are reminded that you provide everything we need daily. Thank you for waking us up, for filling our lungs with air, for providing our daily bread, and for your love and mercy. Today we choose to rest in your promises and walk in your peace. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Your Time with God’s Word
Psalm 68:19, 35; Lamentations 3:22-23; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Matthew 4:4, 6:11; Deuteronomy 8:3 ESV
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