Psalms 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

OK, lost connection with DSL this morning. I am more than a little frustrated with being disconnected from my access to the internet. I have to have connection to put out my blog daily. Any number of things can interfere with that connection. Equipment failure, loss of electricity, cut cable to the local hub, and we even lost connection from a squirrel eating the insulation at the pole.

There are many things to check when this disconnect occurs. If we as believers lose our connection to God, to the Spirit, then there is nothing to blame but ourselves. Our flesh and our hearts fail, it is never anything outside of own control. The problem is with us.

The same thing happens with connecting with God as with the DSL, you do not know there is a connection problem unless you attempt to log on. With the DSL it becomes very obvious that there is a problem, a pop up screen says, “No connection found”.

What does it look like when you have lost connection with God? What does your connection usually look like? How do you know when you are plugged in? What do you try to make connection? What self-tests do you attempt to discover the problem?

How long does it take you to go back into the service manual and search for an answer?

2 Timothy 3:16 (ip) All scripture is given ….. for instruction…

Test your faith connection.

1 Samuel 2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

Are you a parent? If so, has your child ever acted in a manner that caused you concern? Getting down to the cause can be difficult. Young children may not understand why they are acting out frustration, anger, anxiety, or just plain boredom. We as parents might not know the cause either.

You expect that kind of behavior in children. Do we adults ever do that? Have we learned to mask out behavior because past experiences have taught us this act did not get the results we desired? Do we continue in such behavior because it does work?

Arrogance is acting out the acceptance of bad behavior. Being rewarded for bad behavior leads to feelings of entitlement. We see it on the news every day. We might not understand the cause, but we can see the result. Society constantly tries to accommodate those who are acting out by appeasing them rather than addressing the root cause.

God on the other hand knows why people are acting out and what to do about it. The cure for these ills can only be administered by God’s intervention.

Galatians 2:14b when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said

All we can do is speak truth in love as commanded. God will do the rest.