The Phone

As a ranger, Gustav spent most of his life in the forest with his wife and children and they loved every second of it. Eventually each child got married and moved out of the house to settle in different places and consequently, they asked their parents to get a cell phone because it was the only way of communication most of the time.

Gustav was not very keen at first but his wife persuaded him to get one, especially since they had become grandparents.

Gustav entered the shop and approached the young man behind the counter, “Good day, son. I need to buy a cellular phone. I have never had one before. Could you assist me, please?”

The salesman’s face lit up, “Sir, this is the best decision you have ever made. Let me show you what we have.” At that point he was very confident and decided to start with the best. “The advanced technology of today is absolutely amazing, sir. I don’t know what the people did without this device 50 years ago.”

Gustav looked at him and asked, “What can this thing do that makes it so special? I only need to speak to my children.”

“Well sir, this one has a 12 megapixel camera and a video player, MP3 player, a camcorder and voice recorder. It has blue tooth, 3G, GPS and you can log onto any internet site, send and receive e-mails including photos that you have taken. All you have to do, is sign the contract, charge your phone and use it.”

Gustav looked at the phone in front of him. “You call this plastic thing after some berries and claim it is advanced technology, but you cannot eat it. Then you rave about the features it has only to communicate with someone else. I have been a Christian for the most part of my life and I think this is very primitive.”

I don’t think it is advanced at all. Since I became a Christian, I can speak to Jesus every day of my life, any time of the day or night and I don’t need electricity to be recharged. I don’t have to carry anything around with me because Jesus gave me the Holy Spirit. I have His “Chip” indwelling me since I became His child. He speaks to me whenever He wants to and when He does not speak to me, He is still present and remains connected.

I am able to communicate with Jesus any time without having to push any buttons because our connection is voice activated. I don’t even need to call His number first, I can just speak, whisper or think and the response is instantaneous.”

“However, don’t let me discourage you. I will take the phone because I need to speak to my children too, but is not advanced. It is extremely primitive and outdated.”

No modern technology will ever be able to outperform the modern creation of God. If we do not get ourselves updated by the always new and advanced knowledge of Jesus and our Father in heaven, we will remain in our small, primitive, plastic world.