DON’T EXCEED YOUR LIMIT

 “Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.” - Elbert Hubbard

In 1982, "ABC Evening News" reported on an unusual work of modern art--a chair affixed to a shotgun. It was to be viewed by sitting in the chair and looking directly into the gun barrel. The gun was loaded and set on a timer to fire at an undetermined moment within the next hundred years. The amazing thing was that people waited in lines to sit and stare into the shell's path! They all knew the gun could go off at point-blank range at any moment, but they were gambling that the fatal blast wouldn't happen during THEIR minute in the chair. Yes, it was foolhardy, yet many people who wouldn't dream of sitting in that chair live a lifetime gambling that they can get away with sin. Foolishly they ignore the risk until the inevitable self-destruction.

It is foolhardy to be caught sitting on the fence in our Christian walk: we do no one good by being indecisive, it is better we chose now where we want to be, than to be undecided.

To please God, we must submit to His will and live lifestyles that magnify His name. We are Christ’s ambassadors therefore we should represent Him well, everywhere we find ourselves, whether in secret or in the public view.

Beloved, it is an error for us, as Christians to meddle with sin, meanwhile hoping it doesn’t soil us. Joan of Arc said, “I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.” It is easy to think sitting in a chair and looking into the barrel of a loaded shotgun that can go off any minute, is foolishness. Well, it is more foolhardy as Christians to be found in companies, or places we shouldn’t be, while doing things we shouldn’t be found doing. Examine your life and actions today, and amend your ways.

WISDOM NUGGET: Ephesians 4:17

“…henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind…” - KJV

 

Let us pray: Father, help me to represent you well in every aspect of my life, in Jesus name.

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