On the way to Sunday . . . Learning to Trust

Eugene Polley the inventor of the first wireless remote control for television died May 20, 2012. He was 96 years old. The advertisement for his invention called the Flash-Matic in 1955 even made some prophetic claims:

Just think!,” an advertisement breathlessly proclaimed that year. “Without budging from your easy chair you can turn your new Zenith Flash-Matic set on, off, or change channels. You can even shut off annoying commercials while the picture remains on the screen.”

We now live in the day where we struggle for control of the remote in each every household. We get antsy if we don't have the remote in our hands ... what if they change the channel ... what if they don't change the channel ... what if I miss something ...

We surf the web and cable TV with ease ... as long as we are in control.

It's hard to trust someone else with the remote.

It's hard to give that type of control to somebody else.

Yet that is exactly what we are called to do as followers of Christ.

Who is pushing your buttons?

Where are you placing your trust?

Lord Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you. Psalm 84:12 NIV

On the way to Sunday . . . Change is coming

Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. Acts 2:2

The winds of change blow and in most cases we run for cover.

When the holy spirit arrived there was no where to hide.

Change arrived.

Ordinary men became extraordinary.

Days earlier the disciples remained huddled and frightened in an upper room in Jerusalem. Now they will lead a change that is still transforming people today.

As we celebrate Pentecost (the arrival of the Holy Spirit) this Sunday, we are reminded that the wind of change is still blowing.

Change continues into come to our lives ... Our church ... Our community.

Are you ready for change?

Be transformed this week ... do something extraordinary.