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When some
masterpiece of stupidity occurs our first response is often, “What were you
thinking.”
These great
events happen all around us with greater or lesser consequences.
If we would dare
to personalize this we would say, “What was I thinking.”
As a young boy I
was sitting in a truck waiting for my uncles to return from a meeting they were
attending and lo I saw the keys were in the ignition.
After many mental
gyrations I reach over and turned the key.
A moment later me and the truck were half way under the building in
front of where the truck was parked.
Luckily my uncles
bailed me out by repairing the damage I had done to the premises.
I have since
blanked out their remarks to me but it was along the line of, “What were you
thinking” only in much more severe terms.
The newspaper
tomorrow will have several articles that fit in this same category. You will ask yourself, “What were they
thinking?” It was if their common sense
had flown the coop.
This reminds me
of a story I heard several years ago about a rooster whose head was cut off but
continued living for many days. As the
story goes he would stand up as tall as he could and flap his wings and try to
crow. (I have placed a link at the bottom if you wish to check it out)
This story
reminds me of the way people act sometimes as if their head had stopped
functioning and they were acting out of habitual instinct.
Since most of us
operate this way to a greater or lesser degree it behooves us to have all our
ducks in order so to speak. This especially applies to those who claim to be
Christian.
The Apostle Paul
addressed this issue over and again especially in the book of Ephesians.
He emphasized
eight words that we should plumb the depths of and grasp the full meaning
implied by them.
“According to the
power that works in us.”
It is easy to
forget or ignore that there is a power working within us full time. This power saved us, and is keeping us,
delivering us and securing constant forgiveness through the grace given to us.
When we partner
up with this power and let it direct us in paths of righteousness there will be
far less, “What was I thinking” moments.
We see and hear
of our brethren doing what should be unthinkable and we wonder, “Why?”
Our leaders often
escort the way into unrighteousness and as Paul said on another occasion,
“Brethren these things ought not to be.”
It is most
important to understand the difference between suggestions and commandments
when it comes to the Word of GOD.
If any be unsure
of what GOD desires you to do and how to live the Christian life then there is
good news for you. You can avail yourself of this information in an hour or
less by reading the book of Ephesians.
Ephesians 4:22-24
You put off your
old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through
deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on
the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and
holiness.
Yes Ephesians
says it all. It is a you do it, set of instructions that comes with the promise
of help.
You can do it
because of the power that is working on and in you or you can do the Christian
version of a chicken with its head cut off.
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