A couple of years back the Rubik’s Cube celebrated 25 years. Lots of people have bought and tried to figure out the cube. For those who might know what the Rubik's Cube is or have through frustration in trying to figure out the puzzle subconsciously erased that memory from the brain, let me explain. According to Wikipedia: "The Rubik's Cube is a mechanical puzzle invented in 1974[1] by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the "Magic Cube" by its inventor, Ernő Rubik, this puzzle was renamed "Rubik's Cube" by Ideal Toys in 1980[1] and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that year. It is said to be the world's best-selling toy, with over 300,000,000 Rubik's Cubes being sold worldwide to date.[2] In a classic Rubik's Cube, each of the six faces is covered by 9 stickers, among six solid colors (traditionally being white, yellow, orange, red, blue, and green). A pivot mechanism enables each face to turn independently, thus mixing up the colors. For the puzzle to be solved, each face must be a solid color.
Many have tried to solve and there are "wunderkinds" who can do it in seconds. There is even a "YouTube of a toddler still sitting in a high chair who can solve it in minutes.
There are some short cuts to solving it. You can carefully peel off the laminated stickers and carefully place them back on the cube to appear as if you have solved it. Or you can break apart the cube and carefully snap it back into place again to appear to solve it.
Our son Jakob who will be 9 next month discovered the Rubik's cube and made it his goal to try and solve it. He was able, in this day of internet to download instructions to help him solve the puzzle. He practiced and practiced sometimes succeeding sometimes failing. After a couple of weeks, he now has mastered solving it without the instructions. His record is under four minutes no matter how I scramble it up for him. He also has gotten creative and has managed to learn how to make designs out of the colorful cubes. He will be posting his achievement on YouTube sometime this week end.
Sometimes we get caught in the Rubik’s cube of life. Our lives get all scrambled up and when we try to solve the puzzle we get to the point where we cannot get our lives back in the order of the pattern of the cube. We sometimes try and take short cuts denying we are doing so and saying "we are okay no problems here!" We have the instructions in solving life's dilemmas in the Bible. As we practice and practice the instructions given to us by the Word of God, we become pretty proficient when our cub e get's all screwed up. There are times when after much practice of using God's Word, that we remember the instructions with having the Bible right in front of us. The challenge is that Life's Rubik Cube does not have one solution because unlike the Rubik's Cube our lives are way more complicated and hard to unscramble even after many years of practice. That is why the study of Bible and memorizing the God's Word is a lifetime activity and we discover new things all the time.
Romans 11:33 says - "Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!" Not that we cannot know but that it is incredibly difficult for us to simply sit and skim through it. Reading, studying and practicing God's Word is a lifetime journey.
And we never have to be bored thinking we knew something already or that we have attained the unnecessary use of the Bible for our lives because...
Lamentations 3:23 says - "Great is his faithfulness; his [God's] mercies begin afresh each day"
The Rubik's Cube of life presents challenges to us beyond comprehension. We may try and fudge our way out or give up all together, but the solution to the puzzle is as close as God's Word...
Psalm 199:42 - "Then I will have an answer for those who taunt me, for I trust in your word.”
Many have tried to solve and there are "wunderkinds" who can do it in seconds. There is even a "YouTube of a toddler still sitting in a high chair who can solve it in minutes.
There are some short cuts to solving it. You can carefully peel off the laminated stickers and carefully place them back on the cube to appear as if you have solved it. Or you can break apart the cube and carefully snap it back into place again to appear to solve it.
Our son Jakob who will be 9 next month discovered the Rubik's cube and made it his goal to try and solve it. He was able, in this day of internet to download instructions to help him solve the puzzle. He practiced and practiced sometimes succeeding sometimes failing. After a couple of weeks, he now has mastered solving it without the instructions. His record is under four minutes no matter how I scramble it up for him. He also has gotten creative and has managed to learn how to make designs out of the colorful cubes. He will be posting his achievement on YouTube sometime this week end.
Sometimes we get caught in the Rubik’s cube of life. Our lives get all scrambled up and when we try to solve the puzzle we get to the point where we cannot get our lives back in the order of the pattern of the cube. We sometimes try and take short cuts denying we are doing so and saying "we are okay no problems here!" We have the instructions in solving life's dilemmas in the Bible. As we practice and practice the instructions given to us by the Word of God, we become pretty proficient when our cub e get's all screwed up. There are times when after much practice of using God's Word, that we remember the instructions with having the Bible right in front of us. The challenge is that Life's Rubik Cube does not have one solution because unlike the Rubik's Cube our lives are way more complicated and hard to unscramble even after many years of practice. That is why the study of Bible and memorizing the God's Word is a lifetime activity and we discover new things all the time.
Romans 11:33 says - "Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!" Not that we cannot know but that it is incredibly difficult for us to simply sit and skim through it. Reading, studying and practicing God's Word is a lifetime journey.
And we never have to be bored thinking we knew something already or that we have attained the unnecessary use of the Bible for our lives because...
Lamentations 3:23 says - "Great is his faithfulness; his [God's] mercies begin afresh each day"
The Rubik's Cube of life presents challenges to us beyond comprehension. We may try and fudge our way out or give up all together, but the solution to the puzzle is as close as God's Word...
Psalm 199:42 - "Then I will have an answer for those who taunt me, for I trust in your word.”
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