Dear Lord; Good evening Father!
Well Lord, today I had another one of those “geek views on God” moments.
We were installing a new server at a client’s site today, and were having some problems joining a couple workstation PCs to the freshly created domain (I know, I know… geeky stuff. I’ll keep this part brief). It’s a reasonably new client and site for us, so after some tests and investigation we realized that there was another legacy machine on the network that was improperly trying to “run the show” and causing conflicts with the new system. In effect, the new computers were trying to obey orders from more than one “boss”, which in effect rendered them non-functional.
Hmmm… Kind of like trying to follow our earthly wants and You at the same time…
The situation today reminded me of an excellent point I’ve seen on several other blogs recently; We have one Boss, one Father, one “Domain Controller” that we need to take our direction from. If we allow ourselves to heed the calls of other earthly “masters” instead, we become spiritually non-functional.
“Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”” – Matthew 16:24 (NIV)
I love seeing Your Lessons in my life each day Father. 🙂
Amen.
~Phather Phil
Hi, I’m Phil Malmstrom, a.k.a. Phather Phil. I’m self-employed, father of two wonderful young men, an ordained minister who delights in spreading Jesus’ Message of Hope and Love, a science-fiction junkie, an aspiring photographer and above all that one of God’s Children who rejoices in His Blessings each day. 
We can’t serve two masters. So I guess that means that I can’t control parts of my life and try to let God control the others. He is either Lord of ALL or not Lord at all. I don’t want to be spiritually non-functional. Great post!
It’s something I struggle with as well Lisa… It’s got to be all Him!
Have a Blessed Day!
Wonderful words, “We have one Boss, one Father, one “Domain Controller” that we need to take our direction from.” Sometimes we forget that and you are right, our lives become disfuntional. Functional with Jesus, disfunctional without him! P.S. I think you are awesome…and not a geek!
Thank you Kelli! We need to keep our focus on Him, and not on the distracting “voices” of the world around us. 🙂
Have a Blessed Day!
I love “One Domain Controller.” We can only serve one. Great analogy!!
Thank you Jenifer! It’s always fascinating to me how these little life-lessons show up in the strangest places!
Have a Blessed Day!
Love the lessons you glean from the everyday! They always make me smile!
Thank you Eileen! Your posts have the same effect on me! 🙂
Have a Blessed Day!