"They were silent. So he took the man, healed him, and sent him on his way. Then he said, “Is there anyone here who, if a child or animal fell down a well, wouldn’t rush to pull him out immediately, not asking whether or not it was the Sabbath?” They were stumped. There was nothing they could say to that.” Luke 14:5 The Message
I was thinking yesterday morning that ice was predicted to cover our area making travel difficult. I remember back a couple or three years ago when we had an ice storm. We had been in for several days and John was about ready to climb the walls. He hadn't been to the mailbox in 3-4 days because of the ice. This day, he was bound and determined that he was going to get in the pickup; drive to the mailbox and return with a handful of mail.
It wasn’t the Sabbath or our ox that was in a ditch but our pickup.
Back then my husband would have “man-handled” that pickup and pushed it
out of the ditch himself. However, as age creeps up, we find there are
times when we can’t do things on our own but we have to call for
assistance; particularly if said pickup is setting against a fence with
ice under all four wheels.
This incident made me think of the many, many times we take matters into our own hands and try to get our ox out of the ditch without any help. We have an idea that we feel is wonderful and should be implemented at once without thought of the stress or strain that it might bring. We forge ahead without first taking time to pray about our idea. We think God couldn’t possible find any fault with our idea and we can handle it on our own. However, with age hopefully comes wisdom and we realize that, under our own strength and without God’s help, our ideas can be a disaster.
How many times do you forge ahead of God? How many times do you fail to ask Him for guidance before attempting something on your own? How many mistakes and heartaches could be avoided if, like my husband did, we just call for help. Our help this time was in the form of a good neighbor who came at once and pulled our “ox out of the ditch”.
Thank you, Todd Summers, for coming to our rescue.
This incident made me think of the many, many times we take matters into our own hands and try to get our ox out of the ditch without any help. We have an idea that we feel is wonderful and should be implemented at once without thought of the stress or strain that it might bring. We forge ahead without first taking time to pray about our idea. We think God couldn’t possible find any fault with our idea and we can handle it on our own. However, with age hopefully comes wisdom and we realize that, under our own strength and without God’s help, our ideas can be a disaster.
How many times do you forge ahead of God? How many times do you fail to ask Him for guidance before attempting something on your own? How many mistakes and heartaches could be avoided if, like my husband did, we just call for help. Our help this time was in the form of a good neighbor who came at once and pulled our “ox out of the ditch”.
Thank you, Todd Summers, for coming to our rescue.
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