We have a leak at the church that drives me crazy. Every time it rains hard I see the leak. I have asked about it but the problem is the place the water comes out is no where close to where the water comes in. I guess that is the nature of leaks. My son is in chiropractic school. The philosophy is kind of the same. You may feel the pain in your foot or your stomach but where the pain is coming out may not be where it is originating deep within. I was talking to a couple the other day. They are living together and are planning to get married. I told them about what the Bible says about having sex outside of the bounds of the promise, the covenant of marriage. As I have this conversation with couples, and it is pretty often, I watch their eyes to see if what I am saying is having any impact. Usually I am not encouraged. Part of the reason is they don't feel the pain there. They may not feel pain anywhere yet. But God doesn't make arbitrary laws. Disobeying God in any area of my life is like water coming through the roof of my house. It may take a while but sooner or later that water is going to start coming through. It probably won't be coming out the same place it came in. So it is with the lives of people. I see people nearly every day in my office and their lives are leaking like sieves. But as we talk I realize the water started coming in a long time ago. I guess this is just my call out to every one who is knowingly disobeying God. God's laws are like shingles that keep the water out. Start removing the shingles and it is just a matter of time before you will have buckets all over your house and the storm on the outside will be inside.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
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Joe, everytime I disobey God, it is because deep inside I think I know what is best for me better than God does. Pretty stupid huh?
Scott
sm ---- I agree! Sometimes I can't believe what I do.
In all of our lives, may the leaks of disobedience be plugged with Living Water, Jesus Christ and his shed blood that flows to the soul from our repentive hearts and sets us free from sin.
The decline in our societal values has become really scary--and is all too obvious in our upcoming presidential election. The core unit--the family--isn't the "norm" anymore. And it probably began with, or was at least threatened by, cohabitation before marriage. A couple thereby practically "advertised" to society that they were having sex outside of marriage. So then, the attitude justifies, "What's the problem with doing it again, after marriage, only not with your spouse?" When I was younger, there was still a "stigma" with that. Now, we see so much of it, that nary an eyebrow is raised, and Pastors like Joe face an uphill task convincing young lovers otherwise. We've lowered our standards as a society. And the lowered standards of the family unit will be the hallmark of the eventual collapse of our society, and then life on Earth as we once knew it.
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