19 “But is it me they’re hurting?” God’s Decree! “Aren’t they just hurting themselves? Exposing themselves shamefully? Making themselves ridiculous?
When we run a-muck, we are only hurting ourselves.
We have a guy that comes and preaches on Sunday mornings when our lead pastor isn't there. His name is Eric Moore. He's probably my favorite pastor that I've ever heard. I really seem to connect with his words. Here is one of his stories, that this story reminded me of.
He starts out the story by saying.......those of you with children, will probably know the ending to this story before I even get close to telling it. Because we've all been there, and we've all seen it. Let's say your toddler is in the other room playing and you can hear the sound of toys crunching and the crazy sounds that kids make.......and all of the sudden you realize there hasn't been a sound in a couple of minutes. So, you walk into the room......where's the kid?.......he's hiding behind the ficus tree. And what is he doing?......yup, you guessed it. He's filling his pants. But the funny part is what happens next. You say, helllooooo......where are you? And the kid hides. He doesn't want to be found out, when in reality the only person in the world that can clean him up, is looking for him. Its just like that with us and God. We try to hide from him, and he's the only one that can clean us up. If we don't, we start to get a bad rash. Just like there verse says above. We are only hurting ourselves by turning away from God.
tp
That story is so perfectly true! So what is it about our human nature that causes such irrationall behavior? At 45 i would think I would be smart enough not ro hide behind the chair but instead seek his help, but many times that isn't the case. I have been tryung ti be more intentionalabout seeking hs guidance in prayer but often fall short. This story makes me laugh but is also a simple reminder I hope triggersme to act differently when I recognize my behavior.
ReplyDeleteKnut