Exploded View

Proverbs 21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

Having worked in the manufacturing business with some rather complicated systems, I am familiar with the exploded view. Perhaps you have seen examples that are similar in model assembly instructions.

There you have all the component parts separate from the completed product. Labels identify the parts referring to a parts list showing nomenclature and quantity. For complicated designs the exploded view bares no semblance of the finished product. Lines show where each part goes in the assembly but it is difficult sometimes to see how they all fit together. That is why you have assembly instructions.

There will always be a class of people who are so confident in their own abilities that they will ignore the instructions and start the assembly, after all they have all the parts. In the end they have a few parts left over and make the fatal mistake of the hasty; “The manufacturer must have sent extra nuts and bolts!” Only during use is it discovered that there were three stabilizers, not two and the assembly starts vibrating wildly and falls apart. So I have to ask; Is your life falling apart? If yes, read the assembly instructions.

2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

John 10:10b I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

You may have it, that abundant life, if you follow the instructions.

One thought on “Exploded View”

  1. I have worked in and supervised assembly nearly all of my life, so this morning’s blog has a special connection. Your reminder to follow the instructions is so needed…..with assembly of material things, you can disassemble and rebuild, with nearly everything. But with our lives there is no “disassembly”. I thank my Lord for His “instruction book” the Bible, and the Holy Spirit as my “instructor”. My Lord has given me everything needed to get it right……my big opposition is my will. “If any man will to do His will, he shall know of the doctrine”. John 7:17.

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