Upgrade Programme

RBS customers have experienced problems with their accounts. It seems that one reason for the much publicised 'computer glitsch' is that there has not been a consistent Upgrade Programme in the RBS computer department. A failure to invest there leads to troubles that shows up elsewhere.

In the report about British agriculture published today, it will be claimed that because there is little use of gene-modified seeds (on account of public opinion), British farmers will  soon be practising 'museum agriculture'. Again, a failure to have an Upgrade Programme, it is claimed, will have future consequences.

St. Paul was aware that we all need to invest significantly in our own spiritual Upgrade Programme, otherwise we will grow stale and fail to deliver on our call. 

Writing to his troubled and troubling friends in Corinth, he said, 'That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.' (2 Corinthians 4.16-18)

This Upgrade Programme is one in which we take active responsibility for our own spiritual health, developing habits which are good for us. 

Instead of spending our time focusing on what Paul calls our small present troubles, we have to train ourselves to  fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. This is a deliberate and daily requirement. 

Taking some moments to remember that God loves me more than I can ever imagine, and that Jesus laid down his life for me, teaches me that my days are in safe hands. So I don't need to panic or fret. Such habits build into our lives the possibility of a constant spiritual Upgrade Programme. 

How is yours going today?
Best wishes,

Richard