As Expected

Reliability is the sense that things are going to go a certain way.  We are creatures of habit.  We have this overriding tendency to stick to the routine.  It is familiar and we like that.  There is great comfort in the expected.  We can speak poetically of the road less traveled, but really the road more traveled is pretty nice too.  It is more comfortable and there are nice places to stop.  Our favorite foods, our favorite places, our favorite people all come through for us in a predictable way.  And we like it that way.

Reliability is the sense that things are going to go a certain way.  The thing is that sometimes it's not even that it is what we like the best.  It can be that it is the part that we are the most familiar with.  We stop at a fast food restaurant, not because it is awesome, but because we know what to expect.  We go out of habit and the security off knowing what we are going to get.

Reliability is a sense that things are going to go a certain way.    We count on certain things happening.  The Sun rises in the east.  Winter turns into spring.  The Detroit Lions will figure out a way to mess things up.  Just like clock work it happens.  People are less reliable then day and night.  People sometime let us down.  A reliable person is a real gem.

Several years ago I was at a Red Wings game with my dad.  We were talking with one of his coworkers and the two of them were joking about something that had happened at the office, some sales goal that they had recently made.  The fellow says, "We were way behind, but I knew Henry would have something up his sleeve to pull this out, then the last day these sales come in...."  Reliability is a sense that things are going to go a certain way,

While it's hard to find reliable people, it is a fundamental characteristic of God.  God is the great I AM.  He is what He is.  The video clip below is about the story of Abraham and Isaac.  Abraham has been told to sacrifice his son to God.  

Watch this clip from Pastor Lowell.

Reliability is the sense that things are going to go a certain way.  Abraham had a habit of obeying God.  He had experience with God was reliable and God would provide.  Christians should know this message too.  Life has its ups and downs and struggles.  We can rely on God to carry us through the hard times.  He does it time and time again.  He is reliable.