First let me say, it was Dr. Max Barton rather than Dr. Max Straub that preached our afternoon service last week. Now on with the new blog.
1Cor 10:12 “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”
Eph 5:15 “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,”
These two verses have taken on new meaning to me. Let me tell you a funny story about me. Last week I was planning to take care of an ant hill that was right outside of the church on the edge of a main walkway that enters the building. I had recently heard a preacher tell about how his mother would boil water and then pour it onto the pile to get rid of the ants. So I decided to try it. I got a large pot out in the church kitchen and began to boil some water. It boiled for nearly twenty minutes before I went to carry it out. I was all prepared to totally destroy those little ants, after all I am bigger, smarter and faster than they are. I picked up the pot with the hot plate holders and started for the door. Everything was fine until I stepped from the carpet in the fellowship hall to the tile floor in the hall way. My foot hit a damp spot on the floor and suddenly I was falling boiling water and all. By the grace of God I did not dump the water on myself, but threw it forward instead. I went straight to the floor and landed right on my pride. Boiling water went everywhere. I am not sure who it scared the most me or my two oldest boys who were right behind me. They began to yell “Get up dad, get up!” And due to a very hot floor I took their advice. Needless to say I thought of the two verse above immediately. Praise the Lord the only injury I received was a 2 inch square burn on my arm, trust me it could have been much worse.
Now to the spiritual side of the story. Isn’t life just like that sometimes we are careening along at high speed prepared to take care of some small problem that is no match for us and BAM we are on the floor and in hot water. We need to be sure that we acknowledge God in all of life’s situations whether great or small we need the Lord.
So take heed to your need, which is to always seek the Lord’s help in all that you do. And as you walk through this life walk circumspectly. That means to watch your step, Satan would love to make you slip and fall and end up in his “hot water.”
See you Sunday!
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