Short Circuit

Focusing on ourselves and our problems short-circuits God’s purposes for our lives. We are two wires of an electrical circuit. Put them together and we burn up in a flash. Nonetheless, our entire lives are spent finding ways to bring the wires together while avoiding damage. We try various filters, machines, and resistors so that we can finally find our “fulfillment.” All the while we ignore the directions clearly given us: “one end to God, the other to serve our brothers and sisters.”