Daily Reading
Daily Verse
When the people saw that Moses was so long
in coming down from the mountain,
they gathered around Aaron and said,
"Come, make us gods who will go before us."
Exodus 32:1
Daily Thought
A good web site designer knows the first law of the web:
The Law of Stickiness.
People are sticky, but they are not loyal.
If they find a web site that serves their needs they stick with it, but the moment that site disappoints (by being slower than usual, or temporarily unavailable), they move to a competitive site and stick with it. So, do whatever you can to improve and maintain top performance.
Moses was temporarily unavailable, up on the mountain receiving God's Law. God was being slow.
The Law of Stickiness meets the First Law of God:
I am the LORD your God.
You shall have no other gods before me.
Stickiness says improve your performance. God says, "No, you wait."
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
and in his word I put my hope.
Psalm 130:5
Why wait? Because there is no competition. He alone is God. And he makes all things beautiful in his time, not ours.
To God's Glory,
Dave
Daily Prayer
Our Father in Heaven, how we trust in You. Our confidence is in Your goodness and Your strength. Our lives are in Your care. We know that all You offer life, life overflowing, abundant life.
May we always seek You first. May we always seek You only. Your kingdom with Your Son on the throne is our greatest hope. May we at all times maintain loyalty to You, keep faith in You, wait on You, trust in You. You are God.
Amen
Lol...funny you should mention the Law of Stickiness. I've been reading Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point for the last couple of days.
ReplyDeleteI find it odd how the Israelites could receive a message that was so sticky and than after Moses spends 40 days on a mountain totally forget the commands and wonders God has just performed.