THANKFUL

Chatting with Jesus

Monday, March 31, 2025

Lord, she startled me when I heard her voice. I didn’t know she was in the room and had been listening to me the entire time. My bride and I were relaxing, watching TV, and reading eBooks on our Kindles. A commercial came on demonstrating Alexa starting a car, and I commented on how Alexa had become people’s “man Friday.” That’s when she spoke from my Kindle: “I couldn’t understand your request. Try again.”

My wife snickered, saying that she thought I disabled Alexa years ago, just like she did.

For years, I had read my Kindle, unaware that Alexa was quietly listening to every word hidden within my digital device. Did Alexa hear me complain about the Cowboys? Of course, she did. She probably will never understand my excitement over A&M football. Maybe she rolled her eyes at my outrageous rantings about politics. I wouldn’t be surprised if she even spat out her digital coffee at my Dad jokes.

Your Spirit spoke pointedly to my inner man. If Alexa listens to my every word, how often does she hear me talking to you, Jesus? Does Alexa join me in prayer as I meditate on the Scriptures? Lord, I pray that Alexa hears more words of faith than words from my carnal nature. Are her digital hands raised as we praise and worship you?

Lord, help me be ever cognizant that you know my heart, my thoughts. You know my love for you is sincere. Might I be as confident in my faith as the psalmist when he wrote Psalm 139:1, “You have searched me, Lord, and you know me” (NLT).

Alexa may serve as our “Man Friday,” but Lord, only you strengthen and lead us as none other. Amen, Jesus.