BBD 06.18.21 Clinging (Classic)
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Classic from 2001
The Burning Bush Devotional
18 June 2021
Clinging
Let love
be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. Be kindly
affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to
one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
rejoicing in hope patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;
distributing to the needs of the saints given to hospitality. Bless those who
persecute you; bless and do not curse. - Romans 12:9-14.
Phillis
Roberts had a frightening experience last week. She was having a nice day at
the beach at Palm Beach, Florida when the tide suddenly carried her out to sea.
Phillis, who is forty-one years old, somehow managed to grab hold of a lobster
trap buoy. The Coast Guard found her twenty hours later still desperately
clinging to that buoy. She received treatment for hypothermia and otherwise was
in good condition.
Can you
imagine clinging to a buoy all of those hours not knowing whether anyone would
ever come to rescue you or not? How tired and cold Phillis must have been, but
still she had a grip on the buoy that was saving her life. She was in a
desperate struggle with the elements to survive. She was becoming colder and colder,
and the waves kept coming and pounding at her the entire time.
As
Christians we are in a struggle to survive as well. The world is constantly
bombarding us with its evil message. The flesh wars against us and the devil
sends his fiery darts. The apostle Paul was well aware of this struggle because
he had been in the very midst of the battle and knew exactly what it was like.
Paul tells us that we must “cling to what
is good.”
Our struggle may not appear to be as desperate as that of Phillis Roberts, but
it is. We are in the spiritual struggle to have life. The more we “cling to what is good” the more
life we will have.
Grab
hold! Get a grip! And don’t let go!
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