Are You Afraid of the 'Enter' Button?

I had a very strange dream last night. It wasn't really a dream like you would normally expect. Dreams are usually like real life experiences aren't they, but in a different, sort of warped way? This was really short. About this short: "Hi, how are you?" And then it finished.

I wouldn't normally tell the world about my dreams. I mean, who really cares, right? But this one made me think about other things.

So basically, it went like this: My finger was about to hit the 'Enter' button on my computer, when it hesitated, and I heard a voice say "You're afraid of the 'Enter' button, aren't you?"

So I thought, why am I afraid?

Because I can't trust the outcome. Sometimes I hit Enter on my computer, especially using the internet, and it freezes, or takes ages to load a page. Occasionally, I pop home to check my emails, but it takes too long to load, so I have to go out again without having read the info I needed. Or I might want to do some online banking, but it doesn't work...

But of course, the practicalities of life are never my real priority. I am too busy daydreaming and thinking about things of little or no relevance. Consequently, the Enter button I am talking about is not purely the one on my laptop. I think it could represent something else. So I thought a bit deeper about this.

When I make decisions, or take action. That is like pushing Enter. It is like going onto the next thing. It is like going on to the next stage, in whatever that may be. In computer language, (which I don't speak very well) It is like you type in a web address, then push Enter and wait. In other words, you think about what page you want to view, you type the letters, and then Enter......

Hopefully it turns out how you expect. You don't want freezes, popups and crashes etc.

Same with life. You think about it, take the actions required, and then hope that the consequences of your actions, work out how you want them to. The thing with life that can make it difficult, is that we haven't been here before. So we don't always know what the consequences of our decisions will be. This is my first time trying this life thing out. There is a lot I don't know about!

So I am afraid to make decisions because I don't know, or don't trust what will happen next. It is unsafe. What if I freeze. What if I crash. What if all sorts of things pop up that I don't know how to deal with. What if I ruin my hard drive and lose years of memories and information? Sure, a Computer Technician may be able to fix the problems, but I risk losing everything in the process.

Just like a computer, life has an underlying system that keeps things running. Laws of physics, spiritual laws, etc. When I push Enter on my keyboard, I trust that I will get what I want. And this is trusting a man-made machine. So when I make a decision in life, I am stepping into the unknown. I don't always know what the results of my actions will be. I am trusting the God-who-made-man to deal with those results. We don't know what will happen, but we do know who is in control. So I probably shouldn't be afraid of the Enter button. But sometimes fear of the unknown can be a powerful force.

What will happen if I don't push enter?