“So, my dear friends, listen carefully; those who embrace
these my ways are most blessed. Mark a
life of discipline and live wisely; don’t squander your precious life. Blessed the man, blessed the woman, who
listens to me, awake and ready for me each morning, alert and responsive as I
start my day’s work. When you find me,
you find life, real life, to say nothing of God’s good pleasure. But if you wrong me, you damage your very
soul; when you reject me, you’re flirting with death.” Proverbs
8:32 - 36 (TMSG)
I spent time
yesterday with a group of Pastors who are great colleagues. Our purpose is to be a support system of
faith and practice as ministers of the Gospel.
One in the group, a dear friend, spent several decades in law
enforcement. Around the lunch table he
shared from his experience how there were times when he’d receive an extremely
urgent call and need to get across the county in a hurry. One would think the blue lights, wheels
spinning-out and a cloud of dust would be all you’d see; just like on TV.
One would be
mistaken.
My friend shared how
the flashing blue lights sometimes made it difficult to get somewhere. It seems some drivers make some pretty
interesting decisions when the blue lights come on. Some freeze…stop dead in the middle of the
road, causing others to do even stranger things. (By the way – you’re supposed to move over
and clear
a pathway).
Once, while on such
a call, my friend was hurrying to someone’s assistance and the freeze-thing
happened. An unscheduled locking of car
bumpers almost ended in tragedy. Unwise,
unaware, unprepared drivers are dangerous!
So are God’s
children when unprepared for the “blue light special” events some days bring.
Solomon has great advice
and a warning for those who either embrace or reject Godly wisdom. He said the wise person would arrive early at
the gate of wisdom each day; don’t miss a thing God wants to teach you through
His word and by His Spirit. If you don’t,
you’re doing damage to your own soul, because there are consequences when the blue
lights come on!
Matthew Henry called
this: An exhortation
to hear and obey the voice of Wisdom, to attend and comply with the good
instructions that the word of God gives us, and in them to discern the voice of
Christ, as the sheep know the shepherd’s voice.[1]
This is a universal
kind of invitation to wisdom; nobody is exempt, and no one excluded from God’s offer
to make one wise enough to clear a path for the blue light special!
For You, Today…
Don’t
“freeze” if life gives you a “blue light special”.
Embrace
your time with God; it’s the wise thing to do.
No comments:
Post a Comment