I recently retrieved my digital camera from the cabinet where it is stored so I could assist a friend in getting a personal photo that was required for a position that she was applying for. It's a great camera that has performed well for several years. As I was putting it into use, I found that the display was blacking out and when I took a few pictures, they were very blurred and distorted. I ended up having to send the camera to the factory for replacement of a faulty part. Hopefully, in a few weeks I'll have my camera back and be able to take the wonderful pictures like it has captured in the past. As I viewed the blurred photos, it was fun to try and figure out just what those blurred images looked like in their distorted state. The first thought I had about one photo was "The 3 Wise Men Come To New York City". After coming up with a few more ideas about what those distortions had come to look like, I began relating this faulty camera blur situation to life.
As we live our lives in this world, we utilize all the wonderful senses that God has given us to negotiate our actions and observe the world around us. Every now and then our camera lens breaks down and our world starts to look different to us. This is when we are separated from God and become helpless to save ourselves. We rely on our own ability to control, but to no avail. Matthew Chapter 6, verses 22-23, helps us understand this separation from our Lord in saying, "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!" In seeking a constant relationship with God, we can guard against the "faulty lens" problem. Abandoning to God in all that we do, makes our pictures of life look great and allows us to be used to help others.
