Hello ,

Robert Samuel is a 46-year-old former mobile phone salesman who now gets paid to sit in line for others. If a client wants something but can’t stomach a long queue, they pay him thousands of dollars to do it for them. Samuel sits, standing, or sometimes sleeps, in lines: waiting for theater tickets, iPhone releases, limited edition hoodies, and more before either relinquishing his place to his customer or buying them tickets.

This has been his work for nine years and before the pandemic, he was earning over $86,000 a year. The toughest gig was Hamilton where the inside of his tent frosted over.

He said, “You can get people to literally do everything for you. They can watch your kids, they can watch your pets. They can clean your home. 

They can pick you up from A to B, or bring you your food. So, this is just an extension of that. You can get people to do just about anything, within reason, as long as it’s legal and you want to pay.”* 

There's one thing that you and I can't pay someone else for; our spiritual walk with the Creator. 

God doesn't have "grand-children," and our relationship with Him can't be "hired out" to someone else while we get on with our normal, everyday routines. 

"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." 

Romans 12:2

Spending time with God is THE most spiritually productive moments in our routines. We can't have a relationship with Him through any other means, but why would we want to try?

Have a great day and God bless!

Pastor Mike / The Open Word