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Move
Along!
When
Christian Herter was governor of
Massachusetts
, he was running hard for a second term in office. One
day, after a busy morning chasing votes (and no lunch)
he arrived at a church barbecue. It was late afternoon
and Herter was famished.
As
Herter moved down the serving line, he held out his
plate to the woman serving chicken. She put a piece on
his plate and turned to the next person in line.
“Excuse
me,” Governor Herter said, “do you mind if I have
another piece of chicken?” “Sorry,” the woman
told him. “I’m supposed to give one piece of
chicken to each person.” “But I’m starved,”
the governor said. “Sorry,” the woman said
again....
“Only ONE to a customer.”
Governor
Herter was a modest and unassuming man, but he decided
that this time he would throw a little weight around.
“Do
you know WHO I am?” he said. “I am the
GOVERNOR of this state.”
“Do
you know WHO I am?” the woman responded. “I’m
the lady in charge
of the chicken. Move along, mister.” *
That
was quite a lesson on authority,
wasn’t it? It
was a lesson in humility, too.
Who is the
authority in YOUR life?
It is important that we get it right.
Many
times, we like to be “in charge” – or at least think
we are. We
even try to
“throw our weight around” in order to have things
our own way.
The
TRUTH is: WE
are not in charge
- there is a higher Authority!
And we need to learn to HUMBLE ourselves and
SUBMIT to this Authority while we can. God
has made Jesus both Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36).
Jesus died on the cross to become our Savior
– to pay the price for our sins.
Then Jesus rose from the dead three days later.
Now, He lives to be our Lord!
EVERY
tongue WILL confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Philippians
2:11).
The only question is WHEN?
To confess it NOW
means salvation; to WAIT to confess it on the Day of Judgment will
mean condemnation....
Jesus
said, "Not everyone who SAYS to Me,
'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he
who DOES the will of My Father in
heaven” (Matthew 7:21).
To
confess Christ as Lord – AND to have Him as our
Savior – means to trust and obey Him: believing
in Him (Acts 16:30-31), turning from sin in repentance
to follow Him (2 Corinthians 7:9-10), confessing
Him before men (Romans 10:9-10), and to be baptized
(immersed) in His name for the forgiveness of our sins
(Acts 2:38). Confessing
Christ as Lord also requires that we continue to
follow Him faithfully.
"But
why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not DO the
things which I say?” (Luke 6:46).
We
need to “move along” in obedience to the
Lord. Have
YOU
submitted your life to the Lord?
David
A. Sargent, Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
* Bits &
Pieces, May 28, 1992, Page 5-6
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