This week's Meditation Moments is a real exciting one. It is inspired by a lesson that I preached at the Freeport-Roosevelt Church of Christ in Long Island, NY. About a week ago I saw one of the sisters from that congregation and she informed me that she had video recorded it and posted on youtube. Well, that night when I got home I went on youtube, put my name in the search box and well, what do you know, there I was, looking handsome in my brown and peach Sunday best (LOL!) Anyway, I preached on the topic that is documented at the top of this blog article. We will focus our attention in this article on our need for a spiritual reality check.
One day there was a young man who had stolen a car. As he drove away he took it on a joy ride and after a while he parked the car in the driveway of his parent's house. Well, the owner of the car had reported the car stolen and the police got the description of the vehicle and went searching for it. As they drove around they eventually came to this house where the car was. They went up to the door and when they knocked the father came to the door, after a long conversation with the police the father was placed in handcuffs and taken away in the police cruiser. All along the boy stay in the distance and watched as this whole situation unfolded. Soon after, the son went to go and visit his father in jail and, in their conversation, asked him, "Why did you do this for me?", and the father answered, "so that you could have another chance to do right."
All too often in our lives we make mistakes, sometimes we know what the consequences are and do it anyway and sometimes we don't think about the consequences of things we do. Regardless of either one, we do need a rude awakening to help us to "come back to our senses" like the prodigal son had to do, we do need to be told, "sell all you have and give to the poor if you want to have eternal life," like the rich young ruler had to be told, and we do have to be told, "if we have ought with our brother, go and make it right before making your sacrifice at the alter," like we were encouraged to do in the sermon on the mount. No matter where we are in our lives, we are sinners and need to be reminded that our God came in the form of His One and Only Son so that He could die for us and take away our sins. I think we realize what He did for us but I think we forget to show True Spiritual Appreciation. You see, earthly appreciation is always commendable but when you show spiritual appreciation to God our Saviour earns greater commendation from Him.
In our lives, as we function under the earthly umbrella of life and liberty we must realize that He gave us this life and offered to us these liberties (freedom) and there greater reality check than when He checks us before we "wreck ourselves". I encourage you to look at and listen to the excerpts that are provided for your encouragement and spiritual build-up. God bless you and allow this week's Meditation Moments to grant you daily encouragement as that is what it is designed to do.
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