Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Life Without My Mac

In the middle of June, the keys on the right side of the keyboard on my Mac stopped working.  I had to take it in to the Apple Store for service. They said that the problem was that the battery located beneath the keys on the right side of the keyboard had swollen and needed to be replaced.  I was without the computer for a week while they did the repair.  When I got it back, they had replaced the battery and the keyboard but still the keys did not work.  I brought it back.  They replaced the battery and the keyboard again and returned the computer to me 10 days later, but still the keys didn’t work.  I was beyond frustrated. I NEED my computer!  I called Apple support to complain and to get assistance.  They told me that it must be a software problem. After a combined 5 hours on the phone with them, they finally diagnosed the problem and fixed it.  After 3 weeks without my computer, I am now back in business. 

Here are some things that I learned:

1. I need to learn to be more dependent on the Lord than I am on my computer.  Jesus is everything I need.  Psalm 42 says, “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul thirsts for you my God.” While without my computer, my soul was thirsting for it more than it was thirsting for God.  I rely on my computer every hour, every day.  It’s physical, tangible, and helps me get my work done.  I almost can’t function without it.  How I need to learn that the same is true of Jesus.  I need Him every day, every hour.  He is my life, my breath, and I can’t function without Him. 

2. My problems are “first world” problems.  There are millions of people in the world who don't have clean water to drink or food to eat, and I was whining like a petulant child because my Mac was in the shop and I had to use a PC.  The horror!! Really?!  Such is the state of most of us.  We are so materially wealthy that sometimes we invent things to complain about. I’m not saying that some of us don’t have real problems, but most of the things we complain about would be laughable to much of the rest of the world.  Complaining about invented problems is nothing new.  In Numbers 11, after God rescued the people from 400 years of bondage in Egypt, they complained about having to eat manna.  I took time today to ask forgiveness for my own selfishness and ignorance of the real problems in the world, and I thanked God that He has provided for my every need.

3. I need to work on my patience.  This is not a new revelation to me.  God keeps giving me opportunities and I can imagine Him smiling and shaking His head at me when I fail yet again.  I am not so eagerly awaiting my next test!  All things are under His control and happen according to His perfect timing. Psalm 33:20 says, “We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield.”  I know it and still have a hard time with waiting on the Lord. I’m not just talking about computers, but every prayer I am waiting for the Lord to answer.  Can you relate?  

I hope that you had a little chuckle at my little problem, but I also hope you can see a bit of yourself in it.  Jesus is our Lord and Savior.  By His wounds we have been saved.  When we value anything more than Him,  when we complain that He has not provided, when we are not willing to trust His timing, we do Him a disservice.  May we let God be God and be content with His provision!

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