BBD 10.12.09 All Bogged Down
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10.12.09
All Bogged Down
A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father,
'Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.' So he divided to
them his livelihood. And not many days after, the younger son gather all
together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with
prodigal living. But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in
that land, and he began to be in want. The he went and joined himself to a
citizen of that country, and be sent into his fields to feed swine. And he
would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that swine ate, and no
one gave him anything. - Luke 15:11-16.
You'll be excited to know that there is a new world champion in the sport of
Bog Snorkeling (In 2002). Philip John from south Wales completed a 60-yard
course snorkeling through a four-foot deep trench of mud dug out in a peat
bog. There were 90 brave individuals who competed in the contest, and they
were allowed snorkels and flippers. One of the competitors who is from
Ireland, Julia Galvin, said, "It's an unforgiving sport. You get bitten by
insects, very dirty, smelly and you are wet all day."
While working in the oilfield, I once was unable to get to the drilling rig
location because of a muddy road. But they had a huge bulldozer pull my
truck two miles through the mud and into the location where we walked around
in mud knee high. I noticed something about the mud - it slows everything
down. Just like the competitors snorkeling in the bog would be unable to
swim as fast as someone in clear water it's not easy to pick up your boot
and take a step with mud clinging to it. The prodigal son experienced the
bogging down effect of sin. The farther you are from the Father the more
difficult it becomes.
Whenever you sin it complicates your life and slows down your progress
spiritually and delays the fulfillment of God's will in your life.
Spiritually living outside of God's will is like being in a bog of mud or
walking around in knee-deep mud. Thankfully there is a solution for us when
we become all bogged down. The solution is the same one that the prodigal
son found. The only solution is to return to the Father. Turn back to God!
When the prodigal son came to himself, he remembered that even the servants
in his Father's house had it better than he had it.
Are you all bogged down? Don't be like the Israelites, who because of their
disobedience took 40 years to reach the Promised Land when it should have
only taken 9 ½ days. Turn to God because only He has the power to lift you
up and clean you off. Only God has the power to forgive you and give you a
new beginning.
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