God’s Gearbox

If you’ve driven in a car lately, and arrived safely at your destination without mechanical failure, then thank God for good engineers.

One of the engineering marvels inside your car is the transmission:

“A transmission, also known as a gearbox, is a mechanical device in vehicles that transfers power from the engine to the wheels, allowing the vehicle to move at different speeds. It changes the gear ratios to optimize power and speed, similar to how gears work on a bicycle.”

I’ve worked in manufacturing for over twenty years, and half of that has involved high-precision metal machining. Without precision machining of gears and shafts, your car isn’t going anywhere smoothly.

Every component in a transmission is designed to function fluidly with corresponding components…gears have to mesh in a precise manner: not too tight, not too sloppy.

The gears and shafts have to be made from steel and hardened to the exact hardness: too soft and they wear out, too hard and they crack.

God has built his church and it should function like a transmission. Each Christian is a gear that must be precisely shaped to work in connection with those Christian “gears” around us.

The local church is a perfect example of God’s gearbox, where we mesh with others to move God’s work forward. He created us to do His good works. But, just as a transmission needs many precise shafts and gears to function properly, we too must be precision-focused Christians in order to get the work done.

You have a specific and unique role in God’s gearbox today. Are you letting God precisely form you for His good work?