“Has Your Software been Updated?”
Have you ever had a computer virus? I hate those things! They slow your computer, cause you to lose
important information and they make your life less efficient. One of the reasons we get those pesky viruses
is that we fail to update our virus protection software. It only takes a few moments to do and your
computer usually reminds you every so often to do so, yet we continue to put it
off until it is too late. It ends up
being no one’s fault but our own. Did
you know that God has provided for us some spiritual virus protection
software? Ever since the fall of man in
the Garden of Eden, humanity has been infected with a deadly virus called sin. There isn’t a single person alive or
otherwise that hasn’t been exposed to this deadly virus. But did you know that God has provided a way
for us to fight this virus? He has not
only given us the antidote for the virus, but He has provided for us a way to
be exposed yet stay protected from being infected. We can discover this virus
protection within the pages of our reading today. David says “Thy Word have I hidden in my
heart, that I might not sin against you.” (Psalms 119.11) God’s Word acts as a repellant for sin and
serves a defense system against us being infected. The word “hidden” really means “to store up”,
horde” or “reserve”. That means that
each time we read and study the Word of God we are building up our defense
system against sin. It only takes a few
moments each day for us to do. Yet so
many of us continue to allow our systems to be infected with this virus..
why? I think because it so easy for us
to keep putting it off day after day, week after week, month after month. It is very similar to that reminder we get
from our computer asking us if we want to update our software. It seems so much easier to click “remind me
again tomorrow”. We, church, if we wait
till tomorrow, we may just have waited too late.
Prayer
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