Rev. Ray and Pat Amos

The journey could have been short, perhaps a few weeks; but it took forty years. God was leading them with a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. He supplied their every need; but it was never enough for their “we want more and better” demands. At the first sign of trouble, they were always ready to run right back to the life that they had prayed to be free from.

It took forty years to get the old life out of their hearts. The ones that crossed over into the Promised Land had no memories of those days of bondage.

A little boy kept rolling out of bed at night. He was asked, “Why do you keep doing that?” “It’s because I sleep too close to where I get in,” was his answer. His answer is profound. It may be very reason that some of us can’t seem to get any closer to God. We want to hang around close to the life we once lived; and that is the place where temptation has its greatest power.

Sometimes we have got to “Get on down the road” if we are going to get to where we are going. When we set our eyes on Jesus, then we can look the old cravings in the face and say, “No More!” Do not look back; “Remember Lot’s wife.”

Jesus freed a woman from those who would do her harm; Then he told her to “Go and sin no more.” Would He say less to us? “Grow up!” is pretty much what Paul said to some Christians. Get rid of the baby bottle and take hold of the meat of the Gospel. If you are going to start something, then finish it is what Jesus taught. “Otherwise, if you lay the foundation and are unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule you…” Luke 14:29

Aunt Clara had a cow that would break through the fence to graze on the other side, and then, break through again to come back home. Is it possible that we as Christians sometimes try to graze the wild grass on the other side of the fence, and then, sneak back into the green pastures in the fields of the Lord?

Something to chew on today.

Grace and Peace, Rev Ray