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As far as technology goes, I am, at best, a nominally functional user and at worse, a Luddite.

Somewhat frustrating to me is that technology uses a lot of words that are not part of my normal vocabulary.  On top of that, they use a lot of abbreviations and acronyms.

Once in a while I actually try to figure out what the letters stand for in a technology acronym.  Recently, I decided to find out what SIM stands for (as in SIM Card).  Here it is, according to Wikipedia:

“A subscriber identity module or subscriber identification module (SIM), widely known as a SIM card, is an integrated circuit running a card operating system (COS) that is intended to securely store the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number and its related key, which are used to identify and authenticate subscribers on mobile telephony devices (such as mobile phones and computers).”

Based on that, I kind of, sort of, understand what it is.  But the definition also intrigues me as I consider how to apply it to other realms of life.  So, some verses on where I am going with this…

Ps 139:13 “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”

1 Cor 12:4 “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.”

1 Cor 12:5 “There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.”

1 Cor 12:6 “There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.”

I Peter 4:10 “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.” 

So, I’m thinking of the words identify, authenticate, secure, operating systems and integrate.  My unique identity is authenticated since He knit me together in my mother’s womb.  I can feel secure because I am the recipient of His gifts.  God Himself is, in a sense, a spiritual operating system that distributes those gifts, the different kinds of service and the different kinds of working.  Because He has given me ways to serve, He has integrated me into His plans and purposes.

And for that which seems almost incomprehensible, He even gives us gifts that we might, at times, administer His grace.

So while I’m not a walking SIM card, I am unique and you are too!

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