Download, Upload
"If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to
all without finding fault, and it will be given to him." (James 1:5)
For a not-too-techie type person such as myself, computer lingo sounds like a
foreign language most of the time. It even took awhile to distinguish ‘download’
and ‘upload’. Here’s my definition of download: something comes in from
somewhere in cyber space that has data. I’m sure that is nowhere near correct,
but it helps me differentiate.
Recently I was thinking about how we receive downloads from God all the time.
Primarily His Word, the Bible. Then, other books, other Christians, and
circumstances.
Which then brought to mind the question about uploads. Well, our prayers. And
just as the experts say no email is ever really lost or trashed, none of our
prayers ever get lost or erased, either. In Revelations 5 we read about a scene
in the throne room of God: “Each one had a harp and they were holding golden
bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.”
Right now I need some supernatural wisdom. I need the mind of Christ, God’s
insight and direction. I’m so thankful that I can go to Him, in prayer, and lay
everything out before Him, and ask. Ask for what I need at the moment. And I am
so thankful that He doesn’t shut me out or shut me down. He knows the cries of
our hearts; He listens, and He answers.
Upload- our prayers; download- from the Lord.
That is good news.
Sally I. Kennedy
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