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The Right Direction
Hurricane
Katrina Relief Effort
- Mobile, AL
The
story has been told of a man who wanted to steal some
potatoes from his neighbor's field. He put his little
son up on a fence to watch.
"Is
anyone coming from the north?" he asked.
"No," replied his son.
"From the south?"
"No."
"From the east?"
"No."
"From the west?"
"No, Daddy."
"Then
I can go ahead and take the potatoes," said the
man.
"But there is ONE direction we forgot to
look," said the boy.
"Which direction is that?" asked his father.
“UP,"
answered the boy!
“UP.”
That’s the direction in which WE usually fail
to look. All
too often we focus only on a “horizontal plane,”
considering only the earthly and immediate concerns of
our existence. We
fail to look in the most important direction: "UP".
Looking "UP"
means realizing that there IS a God who has revealed
His will for our lives.
We
must look "UP"
to realize our accountability before our Creator. “Nothing
in all creation is hidden from God’s sight.
Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes
of him to whom we must give account” (Hebrews
4:13 NIV). Acknowledging
that God sees all causes us to realize our sinfulness
(cp. Isaiah 6:1-8).
We also recognize that each of us is
responsible for our own actions (Galatians 6:5).
One day, each one of us MUST give account of
himself before the all-knowing God (Romans 14:12; 2
Corinthians 5:10).
We
must look "UP"
to the Source of our salvation from SIN.
As we look "UP"
to God, we not only acknowledge the fact that He has "HIGH"
expectations of us (cp.
Titus 2:11-14), but we can also see that He LOVES
us,
wants to FORGIVE us and
SAVE us eternally.
“For
God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
God
has promised to SAVE those who look "UP"
to Him... in faith
(Hebrews 11:6), believing
in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), repenting
of sin (Acts 17:30-31), confessing
Jesus (Romans 10:9-10), and being baptized
(immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of sins
(Acts 2:38). He
will CONTINUE to cleanse those who CONTINUE to look "UP"
to Him in faithful obedience (1 John 1:7).
As
YOU
give attention to the aspects of your life, be sure to
look in the
-RIGHT- direction.
Look "UP"
to
God and obey Him!
God bless you!
David
A. Sargent, Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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