BBD 10.14.04 What Would It Take?
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10.14.04
What Would It Take?
Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither
understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? and
having ears, hear ye not? - Mark 8:17-18.
What would it take for God to get your attention? What would it take for you
to give your life totally to God putting Him first? You have to think that
God had something to do with what happened to Ethem Sahin of Nevsehir,
Turkey. He was drinking coffee and playing dominoes at a coffeehouse when a
cow fell through the roof. The cow apparently was grazing and wandered onto
the roof of the coffeehouse, which is built on the side of a hill. The cow
landed on top of Ethem knocking him unconscious and sending him to the
hospital. The cow was uninjured but hopefully is watching more closely where
it grazes.
Would a cow landing on top of you be enough for you to be totally sold out
to God? What if someone came back from the dead? The rich man in the parable
of Lazarus and the rich man wanted his brothers to be warned of the terrible
fate that awaited them. The rich man pleaded that Lazarus be sent back from
the dead to witness to his five brothers. But Abraham said, “If they hear
not Moses and the prophets (the Word of God), neither will they be
persuaded, though one rose from the dead (Luke 16:31).”
Every time you resist the will of God for your life your heart becomes more
hardened. Eventually it is no longer possible for a person to turn to God
because they have resisted the will of God for so long. Whenever God speaks
to your heart, respond! Don’t wait for a cow to fall on top of you. Don’t
wait for someone to come back from the dead. Because you have the Word of
God. Read it! Obey it!
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