Identity: week four

Men of Fuel,

A buddy of mine used to live with a guy that could build or fix just about anything.  If it needed building, he could build it, if it needed fixing, he could fix it.  Once, my buddy returned to the house with some of his other roommates, only to find their roommate in their driveway standing over their completely dismantled  washing machine.

Getting out of the car my buddy asked him what in the world he was doing.  His response: “I wanted to find out how it worked”

I love that story. Perhaps because I have NEVER had the desire to take my washing machine apart, or perhaps because that story causes me ask myself ‘Why have I never had the desire to take my washing machine apart”

Think about it.  If a result of taking it apart would be me learning how it worked, then I have to imagine that the reason I don’t is because I don’t want to know, or I am scared to death I couldn’t get it back together.

Let me confess that the reason is both.  I don’t want to know, AND I know I couldn’t get it back together.  After all it’s just a washing machine.  However would my answer be different if we were talking about something bigger, something more important, like my Identity.  What would keep me from taking apart the pieces that make up my identity to find out how it worked?  My guess is the same reasons: I don’t want to know, and I am scared to death that it won’t all fit back together.

But what if the pieces I built my Identity on were the wrong pieces, wouldn’t that be worth knowing?

Set your alarms and come on out tomorrow morning as Bill Clark continues with week four of our “IDENTITY” series.

Invest and Invite

D.R. Carlson