Mobile Ministry Magazine

Many of us take for granted the data that is on our phone, computer, or PDA. We walk and talk as if it will always be there, unless we haven't any power. But even then, we can just charge and go. We even think little about securing our data; leaving that to those who know-it-all and hope for the best, even if we think about it at all. But have you ever stopped to think about what would happen if some data disaster were to happen? How would you go about getting that information back online so that you can resume normal business? It's an important question, and one that anyone in the IT field (or parents with children in the homework age) come to figure out and assess quite quickly.

So when I was reading this article earlier, I thought about disaster recovery for the believer. Yes, we have friends that we can call, maybe even as far as calling a pastor or someone in authority that can really help you out work out that issue. But have you stopped to think about planning for disaster? Have you done those things in your relationship with Our Father that would make disasters a speed bump, rather than a wall and detour? In that eWeek article, there is a plan that talks about spreading data to other sources, streamlining backup tasks, and documenting everything. Applying that to our walk we see something similar in the Word: having fruitful relationships where our brothers and sisters keep us accountable; doing and equipping ourselves for the tasks that God would assign us; and observing to follow the examples of those who came before. Would then it be too far to say that we have just as much a responsiblity in Christ to be equipped to help our brothers and sisters from disaster? I would think so, but that is only because my daily magazine says so.