Fix Yourself
When the type on his printer began to grow faint, Bob called a local repair shop where a friendly clerk informed him the printer probably only needed to be cleaned. Because the store charged $50 for cleanings, the clerk told Bob he could read the printer's manual and try to do it himself.
Bob asked, "Does your boss know that you discourage business?”
"Actually, it's my boss' idea," the employee replied sheepishly. "We usually make more money on repairs if we let people try to fix things themselves first.”
I sure can relate! I can’t tell you the number of home repair projects and attempts at automobile repairs, when trying to save a few bucks, that have resulted in disaster.
I learned a long time ago that I’m better off leaving the “fix-it” projects to those who know what they are doing. In some cases, I can eventually figure things out. But by the time I finished it, I almost always wished I would have payed the professional.
Then there are those things we try to fix where we are just plain incapable of doing it ourselves.
Like the time I thought I would change out engines in a car that I got a great deal on. While putting it all back together, I realized I had put the flywheel in backwards and my friends and I had to start over. So...I found a mechanic who then did it right.
Some of you are trying to do the same thing right now. You’re trying to change yourself...shake an addiction, break a habit, turn negative thinking into positive thinking, and become a better husband, wife, parent, or employee. But you’ve failed miserably and are ready to give up. That’s not a bad place to be. Maybe then you’ll do what I did — look to an expert.
I’m not talking about any old expert. The truth is, most “experts” have little more handle on life than the rest of us. The only real tool that people have to help us solve our problems and fix the broken stuff in our lives is the instruction book from our Designer/Maker. And He’s willing to make things right with what’s wrong with you, if you’ll stop messing it up by trying to fix it yourself!
God knows best. His answers work. His Word gives real solutions. Anything else is just a shortcut that you’ll eventually pay for. And I don’t want you to get it all done only to realize the flywheel is in backwards.
Go to God and let Him fix things before you mess them up irreparably. His repairs are sometimes costly, but always worthwhile!