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And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honourable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:8-9

With the arrival of Microsoft windows, back in the early 90’s and the constant upgrades, though to “Vista” today. We have moved further away from computer programming. Gone are the days of DOS and other computer language that the average UK resident has little clue of, let alone how to use it. We don’t need to program any more, we just click a box with the mouse or right click to edit something, it has become so easy.

Sadly society has gone down that path as well.

These words from Paul in our modern world could be translated, “whatever is good for you, fits with you, gives you the most money, makes you feel better, puts you on a pedestal and gives you what you need, get it, at all cost. Don’t give in ‘til you get it, once you get it, spend it and ignore everything else.”

Paul’s words are not the programmed words of today, we are still stuck on a default setting of 2008, but I wonder what would happen, if we did re-program our thinking and the way we do things. The reality is, that no matter how different Paul's words and thinking is, it is still the right program to reload into our hearts and minds. If it were merely Paul’s words than yes! We may disagree, but these letters that were written down are the inspired word of God. They have absolute authority over everything else.

We have the greatest software program known to mankind, one that cannot and will not fail, one that will bring us to heaven and one that we give us a life worth living today. Its not found on a floppy disc, memory stick or hard drive, but found in the person of God through the work of the Holy Spirit. Use the program and find the benefits, it is one piece of software that will never need upgrading. It is also software that can be used by multiple users, and has no restrictions on its use. It comes with a fantastic guarantee.

Then the God of peace will be with you.

Labels: Default. change, Guarantee, Mind, Program

posted by Andy Hodson - Saturday, 28 June 2008, 21:04
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