As Fast as Thought

“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” (John 10:1-10 ESV). Chuck Swindoll said, "Man is incurably addicted to doing something for his own salvation." The November issue of The Business Press has an article on the computer industry. One item in it is about the computer chip. Here's a quote from the article that really impressed me: "It was in 1965 that Intel co-founder Gordon Moore offered a prediction so prescient that it would become known as Moore's Law: that the speed of chips would double every 18 months. From Bell Labs' first, lone transistor, Intel had by 1971 advanced to a chip that contained 2,300 transistors. Today's top-of-the-line Pentium II holds 7.5 million circuits and runs at a speed of 300 megahertz, or millions of operations per second. By the end of the century, Intel's premium chip. . .will hold 20 million transistors and run at 800 megahertz; by 2011, the top chip will hold a billion transistors and run at 10,000 megahertz." That is incredible. The potential for a machine that may be able to function as fast as thought is in our future! There was more though. The article's basic explanation of how computer chips work was fascinating. It said that "The microchip...it is based on a structural principle that is childishly simple. In essence, the chip is nothing more than a series of on and off switches. Those on-off switches form the binary code that is the lingua franca of the computer age." The application dawned on me. It's how to handle the war going on inside of you. And how to fill the void you feel deep down inside that keeps gnawing at you and won't go away. No one can deny the struggle of the flesh with the spiritual within. When we are drawn to Christ a war begins between them. We must come to understand the “on/off” switch in our lives. Success, fun and material possessions will not provide what you really need inside. Jesus will. If you are a Christian but have drifted away from God, turn back to Him now. Trying to be a good person, enjoying an hour in church each week or even doing religious things is not what you need. What you need is to turn back to God. God has not moved, you have. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. You may have tried every self-help book, fancy gadget and new management technique; the answer you seek is Jesus. Flip the switch today!