BBD 05.23.11 The God Factor (Classic)
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Classic from 2003
05.23.11
The God Factor
If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait to shed blood; let us lurk
secretly for the innocent without cause; let us swallow them alive like
Sheol, and whole, like those who go down to the Pit; we shall find all kinds
of precious possessions, we shall fill our houses with spoil; cast in your
lot among us, let us all have one purse"- My son, do not walk in the way
with them, keep your foot from their path; for their feet run to evil, and
they make haste to shed blood. Surely, in vain the net is spread in the
sight of any bird; but they lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk
secretly for their own lives. So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for
gain; it takes away the life of its owners. - Proverbs 1:10-19.
In San Antonio, Texas, Frank Spencer robbed a branch of Guaranty Bank, and
got away with $5,000. Making his getaway, he tried to hail a taxi, but
apparently remembered he had not yet had lunch. So, Frank stopped in at the
B & B Smokehouse close by, and ordered the lunch special. He was enjoying
his lunch when the police officers arrived to arrest him.
A man in a city near where I live, murdered his wife; buried the body, and
threw away her purse in a creek where he thought no one would ever notice.
There was one flaw in the plan - the "God factor." A man stopped at the
creek to have his lunch, and spend some time with God. While there he
noticed the papers, and other things; gathered them up, and took them to the
sheriff's office. The police department in the murderer's city contacted him
trying to locate the owner of the material that had been found. It seems the
owner, the man's wife, was missing as of the day before. During
interrogation, the man confessed, and led the authorities to his wife's
body.
Most criminals, and even law enforcement, do not include the "God Factor" in
their calculations. The fact is that no matter what we do, or how secretly
we try to do it, there is a witness. In 2 Chronicles 16:9 the Bible says,
"For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show
Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him." There are
television shows, and Internet webpages, devoted to the exploits of stupid
criminals. The truth is that many of those criminals were not so stupid,
they just encountered the "God Factor."
How about you? Have you encountered the "God Factor?"
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