Message from Scripture: 7/19/2021

 

Our message from Scripture today comes from Luke 8:18; “Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”

 

I remember a scene from the animated movie, “Winnie the Pooh,” where Pooh, Rabbit, and Piglet are discussing the problem of Tigger bouncing so much. Rabbit was waxing eloquent about a plan to stop him from bouncing, but notices Pooh was nodding off to sleep. He rather pronouncedly asked Pooh if he was paying attention, who answered, “I’m listening, it’s just that a piece of fluff got stuck in my ears.”

 

Sometimes, when it comes to listening to God’s word, it’s easy to get a piece of fluff stuck in our ears and not hear, or consider, what God wants of us. Much of what we hear can prove to be irrelevant to our lives, but when it comes to God’s word, it speaks of the most important matters in life, of heaven and hell. It deserves our undivided attention, and the appropriate response, to gain the goal of eternal life. How many have bought in to all of the devil’s delusions to believe in something contrary to what God has said in His word? This is what happens when we don’t carefully consider what Scripture says to us. When God’s word has no voice, the devil is given free reign.

 

We have the only message that can lead from sin to life, from darkness to light. The devil will stop at nothing to keep us from paying attention to it, to keep us from believing it and obeying it. May we never forget what happens when we let the devil have his way. Today, let’s go out to serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, taking heed to all he says, showing it to others by how we live. Make a difference for yourself and others. God bless.

 

Robert