in one of the books i am reading...i am reading a lot more these days by the way...it says responsible men are like christ, who did not let his mother, disciples, or others determine his thoughts, attitudes, or actions. he was completely plugged into the father, the holy spirit, and the word of god. that's why he was able to be more like a thermostat, affecting his circumstances, rather than like a thermometer, merely reacting to his surroundings....
this paragraph speaks to me so deeply...jesus was a thermostat not a thermometer...
the reason that this speaks so deeply is because i understand what a thermostat does. i know there are wires that run to an equipment interface board (wiring hub) or directly to some equipment itself. i know this thermostat controls what the equipment does because it reads the temperature surrounding it, has a program, and then uses the knowledge that it has and the information that it has gathered to make a decision...a decision to tell the furnace to fire or not...a decision to change the temperature in the surrounding area or not...and a thermostat always acts appropriately...
jesus, please make me a thermostat...
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