We need a dashboard for life. Something that operates like the dashboard in our modern cars. Any looming danger in our vehicles is quickly indicated to us on the display. Tire pressure running low? Seat belt unfastened? Door not closed? Gas running out? Battery status, oil pressure, lights left on, there’s an icon or a sound or both to let you know.
We need a dashboard like that to navigate through the potential dangers of life. We need an icon to flash if we are being lied to, or if a friend is going to hurt our feelings, or if we are about to get some bad news, or if we are about to encounter an unexpected expense, or if we are going to have one of those days where everything goes wrong. We need some warning. Something to alert us to prepare for adversity.
Hey, maybe that’s why God wrote the Bible.