What's the real problem?

(It's not you it's me.... really)

What’s the real problem?

When our company relocated to new offices last year we included an area known as “The Big Café”.  This circular area, right inside the front door, is equipped with large wooden tables seating ten each and a broad array of audio-visual equipment. It’s an important place to eat, hold small group meetings, or even give an all-employee talk.  For some time we suffered with an annoying delay when using the wireless microphone.  Group after group who came to evaluate the situation said the cause was the circular shape of the room coupled with the concrete floor. But we remained convinced that the environment was merely a convenient and obvious target for blame and not truly the root cause.  In the end we were right…adjustments were made to the input signal processing and everything is working great now.

“For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. 
They are more than the hairs of my head, 
and my heart fails within me.” Psalm 40:12-13

Our daily lives are filled with the same conundrum.  We don’t get ahead at work because that other guy sucks up to the boss.  Our relationships are poor because the other people have issues.  The kids are arguing because they watch too much TV.  Or so we say….  Perhaps these are just convenient and obvious targets for blame. Perhaps we are the real culprits by virtue of how we process our input into the situations.   Perhaps, like the psalmist, we have been overtaken by our sin and need to get right with God.

Take a moment and reflect on what’s the real problem…

Thanks for all you do.

Brian

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Volume 7, Number 24