We were having a quiet lunch the other
day when we noticed a green grass snake emerge from the ground cover and start
across the patio. He was half- way across when a bird landed and started to
peck at the snake. The snake seemed to hurry, and soon crawled into the ground cover
and disappeared. The bird sort of shrugged and seemed to say, “Well, I showed him, didn't I".
We
finished our lunch and cleaned up, so ended that episode.
And so, you ask? There is always struggle,
isn’t there. And my devotional reading this morning highlights just that when it
asks, “Who is on the Lord’s side?” There is no middle ground, it is either God,
or Satan. There is no middle, it is either one, or the other. Each side has its
appeal, and its followers.
But Jesus said, “He that is not with
me, is against Me .” Matthew 12,30.
Think of the
double and low standard of morality so prevalent in our present age, the winking
at wrong, being absorbed in trivial
things, the indifference to religion, and the self-satisfying conventional religions
which so many have fashioned for themselves.
Then think of Christ, who in His love
gave His life on the cross, and sent His
Spirit to guide us into all truth. And He promises that He would hear our
prayer, supply our every need, and stretch out His mighty hand in defense
against all our enemies.
Truly, the choice can be but one,
Jesus Christ, my Savior and my Lord.
GPD 6/13/14
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