Since yesterday’s blog, I have been doing some thinking and a lot of praying. As I thought about what I was writing and the subject matter the Holy Spirit just illuminated the fact that we are a greedy people. As Christians, we are greedy with Jesus (see yesterday’s blog). And as I was spending time with the Lord this morning He revealed something else to me—we are also selfish. I guess the two kind of go hand in hand.
Have you ever seen two kids playing with some toys. It’s usually one kid with the toy that the other kid wants very bad but he’s not willing to share. We were in Nashville, TN to ride Thomas the Train and as we waited the boys went in a tent to play with some of the train tables they had set up. Of course, there were kids all over the place and the few trains they had to play with were scarce. My son went over to one of the tables to play and there was this one kid who had every train on the table to himself. He had at least 5 cars to his train while the other kids just stood there and watched, begging him for just one of those trains. My son wasn’t going to let him get away with that. He wasn’t going to watch this kid hog all of the trains. He just reached right over and grabbed him a car or two. That kid went ballistic! He was crying and screaming and made such a scene. Thankfully his dad came over and told him to let the other kids have a turn.
That’s the way we are with Jesus. We are selfish or stingy. Have you ever seen Lazy Town? If you have kids, I am sure you have. There is a character on that show named Stingy. As you can tell by his name he is “stingy.” Everything he gets he doesn’t want to share because “it’s mine.” And we act the same way with Jesus, “He’s mine. Salvation is mine. His blessings are mine. You can’t have any.” Oh I’m sure we would never say anything like that, but that is exactly how many of us Christians act! And when we finally are forced to share some of Jesus we kick, scream, and pout just like a kid who is made to share. Check back tomorrow because the holy Spirit has just revealed another “trait” we possess and it’s nothing new! I’ll leave you with this verse to think about… Mark 8:38 "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels." Randy
Have you ever seen two kids playing with some toys. It’s usually one kid with the toy that the other kid wants very bad but he’s not willing to share. We were in Nashville, TN to ride Thomas the Train and as we waited the boys went in a tent to play with some of the train tables they had set up. Of course, there were kids all over the place and the few trains they had to play with were scarce. My son went over to one of the tables to play and there was this one kid who had every train on the table to himself. He had at least 5 cars to his train while the other kids just stood there and watched, begging him for just one of those trains. My son wasn’t going to let him get away with that. He wasn’t going to watch this kid hog all of the trains. He just reached right over and grabbed him a car or two. That kid went ballistic! He was crying and screaming and made such a scene. Thankfully his dad came over and told him to let the other kids have a turn.
That’s the way we are with Jesus. We are selfish or stingy. Have you ever seen Lazy Town? If you have kids, I am sure you have. There is a character on that show named Stingy. As you can tell by his name he is “stingy.” Everything he gets he doesn’t want to share because “it’s mine.” And we act the same way with Jesus, “He’s mine. Salvation is mine. His blessings are mine. You can’t have any.” Oh I’m sure we would never say anything like that, but that is exactly how many of us Christians act! And when we finally are forced to share some of Jesus we kick, scream, and pout just like a kid who is made to share. Check back tomorrow because the holy Spirit has just revealed another “trait” we possess and it’s nothing new! I’ll leave you with this verse to think about… Mark 8:38 "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels." Randy
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