Channel surfing should be a talent or skill listed on resumes. Most people think they are good at channel surfing, especially guys. Which is weird when most men are stereotyped to be unable to multitask. HELLO! If you can follow 13 different story lines at the same time (and one of them is in spanish), I say that’s not only multitasking, but a resume worthy skill.

And in my research of channel surfing, I also have discovered a reoccurring theme in how the media is targeting my specific demographic. All the commercials begin to look the same to me. Same car commercials, same exercise programs, and same beer commercials. You would think that this is all men are thinking, or should be thinking of. Well, unlike the vast channels being surfed, some things never change.

The Poet is nearing the end of his collection of Psalms and begins to expound in Chapter 147 on what he feels is important for his nation to hear. After a few verses of describing some the his observations about God, he writes the following.

¹⁰ His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his delight in the legs of a man;

¹¹ the LORD delights in those who fear him,
who put their hope in his unfailing love.

Did you catch that? It’s not about “horsepower” or even man’s personal strength that gets God’s attention. If God was “channel surfing” though the mortal resumes of the world, he too would skip over those parts. Instead, God stops and looks for those who write in their soul-felt resume that their strength come from their hope in God’s unfailing love. Sorry, “Tim, the Toolman, Taylor“, more horsepower isn’t the answer to all life’s questions. Sorry, annoying “Sham-WOW”  guy, you won’t be able to fix this mess.

From generation to generation it seems that some of our worst problems are never original. But we must also realize our best answer is not original either. Whether it is having a broken heart (vs 3), or a lack of resources (vs 8-9), God’s love never fails. And you don’t have to pay $19.95 or have your credit card ready.