Wednesday 9 January 2013

Have your tool-kit at the ready

Here is the second of my Christmas presents that we looked at on Sunday.


It's a 17 piece multi-tool designed for cyclists. It's small enough to fit into a pocket and means that if your chain breaks or your brakes fail you are able to make some running repairs that will enable you to get home.

In life, things break. Things don't always go to plan. So what do we do when things go wrong? What about those situations that arise which have no answers, no solutions, no fix? If we don't know what is just around the corner how can we prepare for it?

We need to make sure that we have our tool kit at hand - and that we know how to use it. So what are the sort of tools that we need to hand? What are the sorts of disciplines that we need to be developing in the good times so that they are in place when things get tough.

Prayer, reading and memorising the Bible. When the storm strikes it is important to know the truth. And then in the storm we remind ourselves and hold on to these truths - e.g. Psalm 46:1-3; and we ask God to help us believe.