Time Machines & Other Vehicles

We use vehicles to get us where we want to go.

Sometimes, we use vehicles to help us feel closer to God.

For some, it’s recreating an experience they had in the past at a camp or revival meeting… hopping in the time machine makes them feel closer to God.

For others, it’s singing a particular song, reading a favorite verse, wearing church clothes, or using the correct Bible translation… they’re riding in a specific vehicle attempting to close the distance between them and God.

I understand why we use time machines and other vehicles.

I’ve done it myself.

They’re not bad—they’re just not necessary.

Time machines and other vehicles aren’t holy.

They don’t bring us to God.

And they don’t bring God to us.

“God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.” (Ephesians 1.5 NLT)

Did you catch that? God brought us to himself through Jesus Christ!

Distance? There’s none.

Getting close to God doesn’t require a vehicle or a time machine.

God closed the distance for us.

He’s with us and we’re with him.

God is with us when we’re humming along to that Taylor Swift song and he’s with us when we’re singing our favorite worship song.

God is there when we’re in our church clothes and he’s just as near when we’re in our swimsuits at the beach.

God worked in our hearts at the camp meeting back in 1985 and he’s going to minister to us at the next camp meeting (and before it, after it… he’ll even minister to those who can’t go to it).

Listening to girls talk about what they’re looking for in a man is fascinating stuff…

I’ve heard girls say things like, “I’m only going to date a guy who has a really nice car.”

When I hear that, I always wonder: will she miss the right guy (faithful, honest, hard-working, loving, interesting, funny, etc.) because she was overly distracted with the vehicle?

I wonder the same thing in the church too…

Will we fail to notice God because we’re so obsessed with the vehicles?

God has already closed the distance for us.

He brought us to himself through Jesus Christ—and his Spirit lives in us.

Let’s notice Him… time machine or no time machine, vehicle or no vehicle.

Taking our relationship with God to a whole notha level means being aware of him more—even without the use of time machines and other vehicles.