BBD 10.30.13 Run For Your Life! (Classic)
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Classic from 2005
10.30.13
Run For Your Life!
…and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of
the wicked for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous
soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds) - then the Lord
knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust
under punishment for the day of judgment. - 2 Peter 2:7-9.
Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. No
temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is
faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but
with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to
bear it. Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. - 1 Corinthians 10:12-14.
Malibu, California has prepared emergency safety
brochures to warn the residents of the area of possible dangers during
emergencies. One such danger is warned against in the brochure by the following
statement in capital letters: "NEVER
GO TO THE BEACH TO WATCH FOR, OR SURF, A TSUNAMI WAVE!" Brad Davis, the Malibu emergency preparedness director, said the
purpose of the warning was to cover all possibilities and he stated, "Some people may feel that we are stating the obvious and some people
may not. We want to encourage people to move away from the coast rather than
toward it." A Malibu surfer Candace Brown talking about the above statement contained
in the preparedness booklet says, "I'm speechless.
I think the last thing people will think about when they feel an earthquake is
surfing."
Some things appear to normal people to be obvious. If you
know a tsunami is coming a normal person would not go to the beach and wait for
it to come ashore especially after seeing the destructive power of tsunamis in
videos filmed during this past year. A normal person would know that trying to
survive a tsunami is a near impossibility; much less trying to surf one.
However, some people are not normal, and we know with approaching hurricanes
that some people gathered on the beach; because they had never seen a
hurricane. One person flew from California to Mississippi to video up close and
personal the destructive force of the hurricane and they succeeded in doing it.
Some people are employed as tornado chasers, but having come close to being
destroyed by a tornado, and knowing its power; I know it is much wiser to seek
shelter when one is coming your way.
The Bible tells us that Lot was a righteous person living
in the evil Sodom and Gomorrah. By living in that evil place Lot "tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing
their lawless deeds." Being a
righteous person and living in Sodom and Gomorrah is similar to trying to surf
a tsunami. It is not going to happen!
We are to be the "salt
of the earth" as Jesus says in Matthew chapter five and to
do so we cannot completely withdraw from the world. But Jesus also warns about
the salt losing its flavor. Continually exposing yourself to the evil of this
world when it can be avoided is a dangerous thing to do spiritually. The
apostle Paul warns, "Therefore let him
who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall." Going with immoral friends to immoral places will
eventually result in a spiritual fall. Continually reading and watching immoral
material will do the same to you.
In 1 Corinthians, we are told that along with temptation there will
always be a "way of escape." Let us flee those temptations especially those, which
are so very obvious finding that "way of
escape." To do so may require changing our friends,
our recreation, our reading habits, our TV watching habits, or our movie going
habits, or something else. Remember you really cannot surf a tsunami. The best
course of action in both cases is to run for your lives.
Copyright © 2005-2013. Ed Wrather.
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