One summer, my dad and step-mom drove their RV (Recreational Vehicle) from Colorado to West Virginia for a visit.
They stayed at a local campground that my family happened to know very well.
This campground hosts many church events, and we’d been there dozens of times. It’s beautiful and has all the accommodations anyone would need. But it struggles with one modern convenience. The cellphone service is spotty and weak at best. Certain areas of the campground get no service at all.
While visiting with family in the RV, my daughter thought of something she desperately needed to check on her phone. She quietly slipped out of the RV and attempted to connect to the internet. While she was gone, everyone was talking and I took a few pictures.
Later, looking at one of the pictures, I noticed something funny.
In the picture, in between my brother and my niece, but outside the RV, you can see my daughter, reaching her phone towards heaven in an attempt to get connected. It is a great illustration of our societies deep dependency on connection.
She assured me later that she made contact with the World Wide Web and all was well.
The internet is an amazing thing, powerful, invisible, informative, and generally reliable. Our connecting devices, or the local cell towers are what commonly fail us if we can’t log on. We feel vulnerable without a strong connection.
Spiritually speaking, God is similar to, yet infinitely greater than the internet.
Powerful and mysterious beyond explanation. Invisible but evident in everything He created. And, He is the source of wisdom, inspiration, and truth itself.
We are made to connect with Him. He designed our very being, He is available at all times, from all places, but it’s up to us to connect.
Like a cell-phone that’s “roaming”, you may feel disconnected from your Heavenly Father. But, unlike the campground cell-phone coverage, the spiritual signal is always strong, always available, and always dependable.
Make sure you have strong connections with your loved ones. Do your part to encourage and support them. And, rely on those connections to help you through difficult times. We all need those relational connections.
The most important relational connection is between us and our creator.
The Bible calls God a strong tower to illustrate His dependability, strength, and security. I think it’s perfectly fine to think of Him, in modern terms, as the ultimate cell-phone tower.
Always sending His signal out for a secure connection with each of us
Like my daughter that evening, be determined to make the connection
-Tom Wise
