The genius of wire

We get so excited about wireless connectivity, how we can connect to the 'tinterweb' without plugging in our devices. I can have a egg McMuffin in McDonalds and whilst eating my breakfast can connect 'wirelessly' to the Washington Post's website to find out the details of President Trump's latest tweet. However, the truth is that this 'wireless' connection was in fact less than five meters of wireless connection followed by 2,700 miles of wire! Even with satellites and routers and mobile devices we still need wire

This is the genius of wire. Fibre optic cables can transmit data at an extraordinary pace, around 99.7% the speed of light. And the amount of data that can be transmitted is 2 terabytes per second (one million, million bytes - one trillion bytes). 

There is brilliance to wired as well as wireless connection, both can deliver unbelievable amounts of information in tiny amounts of time. However, there is something of significantly greater importance than how information is being sent or received, or what data is being transferred, whether wired or wireless. What really counts is what you are connected to, with whom you are joined

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God's people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

Ephesians 2:19-22

It is in Christ that God's people are joined together, the most meaningful of relationship in connection with the Saviour of the world. We are his building, his body, his temple, his kingdom, his dwelling. Our relationships are not so much for us but for him!