Wall Socket

Here at South Haven we do a number of things well and we are doing a number of things better. One area we are improving is our Sunday morning security check for the kids. Part of improving this aspect of our work has been to place a check-in station at the entrance to the fifth and sixth grade rooms.

Several factors where in play concerning where to place the kiosk. A number of individuals would use this check-in station, so its location would be important for all of them.

We looked at issues like normal traffic patterns, hallway clearance, lighting, and general ease of access. Ultimately the overriding cause for our carefully deliberated site choice was the location of the available power source. This was as far as the power cord would reach.

Interestingly, we could have selected a more distant point had we preferred it, if our network cable had been the determining factor. It was longer than the power cord by several feet.

This is so much like life. Though we often have enough information accessible, perhaps even an abundance of it, just having a set of facts does not qualify us to make productive choices. We have to stay within the reach of the power source. What our power source dictates to us may keep us within a narrower circumference. That could be a negative until we discover how very vital our power connection is to a positive outcome. Information can only take us so far without power.

Facts are not guidance enough for the believer. We must stay linked to the One who empowers us. His wisdom sees past what we can know to what we must do if we are to fulfill His purpose in our lives. No believer wants to simply get by on what he/she knows when what God blesses is close at hand.

Tim Gramly
Education Pastor
SHBC
January 14, 2009