BBD 07.12.16 Cleaning Up the Mess (Classic)

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Classic from 2008

Burning Bush Devotional

12 July 2016

Cleaning Up the Mess

The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole
body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be
full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great
is that darkness! No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one
and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions, or
whatever is trusted in - The Amplified Bible). - Matthew 6:22-24
NKJV.

“Mackerel in the Moonlight” is the title of a book published in 2004. There is also
a book, “Mackerel by Moonlight” published
in 1998; both books are about corruption in politics. I heard about the book
while I was watching a news program at the time and the newscasters were
wondering why it was called that; the weatherman said it sounded better than, “Flounder
in the Floodlight!” The statement “Mackerel in the Moonlight”
was once used by a politician in describing corruption. He used it that way
because a Mackerel laying on the shore in the moonlight would appear to be
glimmering and shiny, but upon closer examination you would find that it was
rotting and smelled.

We look around at this world we live in, and we can see
many of those Mackerels in the Moonlight. There are a vast number of
those Mackerels in the political world with so many politicians willing say
anything and do anything to be elected without any intention of actually doing
what they have promised. However, it is not just the political world that
abounds with Mackerels, because nearly every area of life from business to
personal has a share of Mackerels in the Moonlight.

One psychological study I read about claimed that living
in the American society caused mental illness. It was based upon studying
people who moved from Mexico to the United States. Our way of life in the
United States appears to be great, but there are some of the Mackerels lying
around. There is so much of the material world that is available for purchase.
To keep up with your neighbors you need to have a new car or two. Your clothes
need to look nice, and it may be that you will need a new house to keep up with
your friends. The pressure is on! You need to make more and more to buy more
and more. And, if you can’t make more and more then you feel worse and
worse.

Jesus brings this to a very personal level when He says, “But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If
therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!” If your conscience goes bad you will become like a
rotting, stinking fish. Because when our master is “mammon” we continually choose whatever it takes to
get more of what the world has to offer. As a result, our “light” grows dimmer and dimmer until we become like
that proverbial, “Mackerel in the Moonlight.” You may look good on the
outside to your friends and neighbors, but inside if your master is “mammon” you will become a rotten, stinking
mess.

If you read
this, and know that God is speaking to you about your life, the good news is
that it is not too late to change. Your “light” has not become too dim to be convicted of your need for
a new master, and now is the time to change. Put God first (Matthew 6:33) in your life, and make
Him your master in every area of your life, because that is the only way to
clean up the mess. It is also the only way for a country with a mackerel
problem to be cleaned up.

(A Personal Note: Over the past week I had a problem with
my hip which caused much pain and severely limited my ability to do anything.
Thanks to the prayers of many I am doing better! Our God has given me a
reprieve and has healed me once again!)

Copyright © 2008-2016. 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 websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

You can leave comments/feedback
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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.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for McCoy Greer, Michelle Abetz,
Shane Hall, Brad, Reta (my sister), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Loretta Brewer
and Jeanie.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. 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.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Classic from 2008

Burning Bush Devotional

12 July 2016

Cleaning Up the Mess

The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole
body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be
full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great
is that darkness! No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one
and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions, or
whatever is trusted in - The Amplified Bible). - Matthew 6:22-24
NKJV.

“Mackerel in the Moonlight” is the title of a book published in 2004. There is also
a book, “Mackerel by Moonlight” published
in 1998; both books are about corruption in politics. I heard about the book
while I was watching a news program at the time and the newscasters were
wondering why it was called that; the weatherman said it sounded better than, “Flounder
in the Floodlight!” The statement “Mackerel in the Moonlight”
was once used by a politician in describing corruption. He used it that way
because a Mackerel laying on the shore in the moonlight would appear to be
glimmering and shiny, but upon closer examination you would find that it was
rotting and smelled.

We look around at this world we live in, and we can see
many of those Mackerels in the Moonlight. There are a vast number of
those Mackerels in the political world with so many politicians willing say
anything and do anything to be elected without any intention of actually doing
what they have promised. However, it is not just the political world that
abounds with Mackerels, because nearly every area of life from business to
personal has a share of Mackerels in the Moonlight.

One psychological study I read about claimed that living
in the American society caused mental illness. It was based upon studying
people who moved from Mexico to the United States. Our way of life in the
United States appears to be great, but there are some of the Mackerels lying
around. There is so much of the material world that is available for purchase.
To keep up with your neighbors you need to have a new car or two. Your clothes
need to look nice, and it may be that you will need a new house to keep up with
your friends. The pressure is on! You need to make more and more to buy more
and more. And, if you can’t make more and more then you feel worse and
worse.

Jesus brings this to a very personal level when He says, “But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If
therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!” If your conscience goes bad you will become like a
rotting, stinking fish. Because when our master is “mammon” we continually choose whatever it takes to
get more of what the world has to offer. As a result, our “light” grows dimmer and dimmer until we become like
that proverbial, “Mackerel in the Moonlight.” You may look good on the
outside to your friends and neighbors, but inside if your master is “mammon” you will become a rotten, stinking
mess.

If you read
this, and know that God is speaking to you about your life, the good news is
that it is not too late to change. Your “light” has not become too dim to be convicted of your need for
a new master, and now is the time to change. Put God first (Matthew 6:33) in your life, and make
Him your master in every area of your life, because that is the only way to
clean up the mess. It is also the only way for a country with a mackerel
problem to be cleaned up.

(A Personal Note: Over the past week I had a problem with
my hip which caused much pain and severely limited my ability to do anything.
Thanks to the prayers of many I am doing better! Our God has given me a
reprieve and has healed me once again!)

Copyright © 2008-2016. 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 websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

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.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for McCoy Greer, Michelle Abetz,
Shane Hall, Brad, Reta (my sister), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Loretta Brewer
and Jeanie.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. 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.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

If you enjoy the devotional
please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank
email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

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.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by sending
a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email.

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constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
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