BBD 02.18.22 Wrong Place at the Wrong Time (New)

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Since June 8^th 1998, this is
the 1838^th

The Burning Bush Devotional

18 February 2022

Wrong
Place at the Wrong Time

There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans
whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse
sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you
will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in
Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than
all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you
will all likewise perish.” – Luke 13:1-5 NKJV.

Yesterday, in Oklahoma City there was a fire on
a Putnam City School Bus with four children on board. Thankfully, the bus driver,
Bob Olmstead, noticed the smoke coming from the battery compartment underneath
his seat and was able to evacuate all of the students before the fire erupted.
It could have been a very tragic situation, but Olmstead who had been driving
school buses for 29 years knew what to do and all of the students were kept safe.

It reminded me of my short career of driving a
school bus for Taft Junior High School in Oklahoma City when I was 21 years old.
I had driven a school bus for our little rural school my senior year in high
school and still had a commercial chauffer’s license. Going to college and
needing income from a part-time job I took the job and kept driving for a total
of three months.

In 1971, I was driving a 66-passenger school
bus taking kids home and one day I counted 110 kids that got onto the bus. I’m
sure that wouldn’t be allowed now! But it was a different time, and I had no choice
but to drive off with the aisle filled with kids and kids standing all around me.
At that time with a bus that long it was difficult to make some turns and one
of those turns was at Pennsylvania Avenue and turning onto 10^th
street. That was when some boys in the back set some seats on fire, although it
was mostly smoke, and I had to evacuate all of those kids off of the bus. The
stuffing in the seats were of a fire retardant material which kept the bus from
being engulfed in fire, but it did fill the bus with smoke.

As I said, it was a different time, so I kicked
about six boys off the bus that I thought were involved (They only had a few
blocks to walk.) I then reloaded the bus and continued the route taking kids
home. I guess that some of the kids could have had some problems from the smoke
inhalation, but they were tough, and were all back at school the next day.

When those boys started the fire, it was at
exactly the worst place for them to do that, at the worst time, with heavy
traffic and an overloaded bus. But isn’t that the way it usually happens?
Instead of things happening at the right place and the right time, too many
times it is at the wrong place and the wrong time. Often, at the very worst
possible time!

Jesus talked about a couple of those wrong
place at the wrong time tragic occurrences in the Gospel
of Luke. It does not sound like any of the Galileans
that Pilate murdered had committed any crimes. No, they were just in the wrong
place at the wrong time to be caught up in Pilate’s murderous rage. At least
that’s what it sounds like. Then, Jesus gives another example of a tower
suddenly falling down on 18 people striking them dead. Again, they were in the
wrong place at the worst possible time. Well, Jesus seems to be saying that bad
things just happen in this old world ever since all of creation was corrupted when
Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden.

We know bad things do happen, but what do we do
about protecting ourselves from it? Jesus indicates that the primary thing that
we ought to do is to make sure that we are in a right relationship with God. He
says, “…unless
you repent you will all likewise perish.” If you don’t know
Jesus as your personal Savior, I plead with you to fall to your knees right
now, confess your sins to the Lord Jesus Christ and ask Him to come into your
life and save your soul!!

What else can we do to keep from being at the wrong
place at the wrong time? Every day we should pray and ask God to protect us and
to protect our family and friends. Every day we should ask God to lead us and
guide us through each step of the way, because only God really knows where
those Tower of Siloam’s are located.

(If you were one of those students that were in the
school bus that day when there was the fire while I was driving, please contact
me. I would like to know what God has done in your life, because I’ve been
praying for you!)

Copyright © 1998 - 2022. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 8,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray about the
situation in Ukraine with the Russian troop buildup on their border.

Please also pray about the
situation in Canada.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Martha and John W.; Alan Medders; Norman
Cupp; Georgia Bronnert; Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara Wright; GWEN
PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Jennifer Burge; Kinsey
W; Addison; JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody
Stahlman; Patsy M.; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler
who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; Sarah
Anderson; Beverly J; Larayne S. and Shonda Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. Having back surgery in a few weeks. 03.18.18
I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Elk City,
Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this is
the 1838^th

The Burning Bush Devotional

18 February 2022

Wrong
Place at the Wrong Time

There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans
whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse
sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you
will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in
Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than
all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you
will all likewise perish.” – Luke 13:1-5 NKJV.

Yesterday, in Oklahoma City there was a fire on
a Putnam City School Bus with four children on board. Thankfully, the bus driver,
Bob Olmstead, noticed the smoke coming from the battery compartment underneath
his seat and was able to evacuate all of the students before the fire erupted.
It could have been a very tragic situation, but Olmstead who had been driving
school buses for 29 years knew what to do and all of the students were kept safe.

It reminded me of my short career of driving a
school bus for Taft Junior High School in Oklahoma City when I was 21 years old.
I had driven a school bus for our little rural school my senior year in high
school and still had a commercial chauffer’s license. Going to college and
needing income from a part-time job I took the job and kept driving for a total
of three months.

In 1971, I was driving a 66-passenger school
bus taking kids home and one day I counted 110 kids that got onto the bus. I’m
sure that wouldn’t be allowed now! But it was a different time, and I had no choice
but to drive off with the aisle filled with kids and kids standing all around me.
At that time with a bus that long it was difficult to make some turns and one
of those turns was at Pennsylvania Avenue and turning onto 10^th
street. That was when some boys in the back set some seats on fire, although it
was mostly smoke, and I had to evacuate all of those kids off of the bus. The
stuffing in the seats were of a fire retardant material which kept the bus from
being engulfed in fire, but it did fill the bus with smoke.

As I said, it was a different time, so I kicked
about six boys off the bus that I thought were involved (They only had a few
blocks to walk.) I then reloaded the bus and continued the route taking kids
home. I guess that some of the kids could have had some problems from the smoke
inhalation, but they were tough, and were all back at school the next day.

When those boys started the fire, it was at
exactly the worst place for them to do that, at the worst time, with heavy
traffic and an overloaded bus. But isn’t that the way it usually happens?
Instead of things happening at the right place and the right time, too many
times it is at the wrong place and the wrong time. Often, at the very worst
possible time!

Jesus talked about a couple of those wrong
place at the wrong time tragic occurrences in the Gospel
of Luke. It does not sound like any of the Galileans
that Pilate murdered had committed any crimes. No, they were just in the wrong
place at the wrong time to be caught up in Pilate’s murderous rage. At least
that’s what it sounds like. Then, Jesus gives another example of a tower
suddenly falling down on 18 people striking them dead. Again, they were in the
wrong place at the worst possible time. Well, Jesus seems to be saying that bad
things just happen in this old world ever since all of creation was corrupted when
Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden.

We know bad things do happen, but what do we do
about protecting ourselves from it? Jesus indicates that the primary thing that
we ought to do is to make sure that we are in a right relationship with God. He
says, “…unless
you repent you will all likewise perish.” If you don’t know
Jesus as your personal Savior, I plead with you to fall to your knees right
now, confess your sins to the Lord Jesus Christ and ask Him to come into your
life and save your soul!!

What else can we do to keep from being at the wrong
place at the wrong time? Every day we should pray and ask God to protect us and
to protect our family and friends. Every day we should ask God to lead us and
guide us through each step of the way, because only God really knows where
those Tower of Siloam’s are located.

(If you were one of those students that were in the
school bus that day when there was the fire while I was driving, please contact
me. I would like to know what God has done in your life, because I’ve been
praying for you!)

Copyright © 1998 - 2022. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 8,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray about the
situation in Ukraine with the Russian troop buildup on their border.

Please also pray about the
situation in Canada.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Martha and John W.; Alan Medders; Norman
Cupp; Georgia Bronnert; Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara Wright; GWEN
PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Jennifer Burge; Kinsey
W; Addison; JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody
Stahlman; Patsy M.; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler
who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; Sarah
Anderson; Beverly J; Larayne S. and Shonda Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. Having back surgery in a few weeks. 03.18.18
I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Elk City,
Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to [email protected]

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

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