During my seminary years, I directed a summer day camp for boys and girls at the YMCA. Each morning, I began the day with a brief story in which I tried to incorporate an element of the gospel.
To help illustrate that becoming a Christian means to become a new creation in Christ, I told a story about a moose that wanted to be a horse. The moose had seen a herd of wild horses, thought them elegant creatures, and wanted to be like them. So he taught himself to act like a horse. However, he was never accepted as a horse because he was . . . well, a moose. How can a moose become a horse? Only by being born a horse, of course. And then I would explain how we can all be born again by believing in Jesus.
One summer I had a staff counselor named Henry who was very hostile to the faith. I could do nothing but love him and pray for him, but he left at the end of the summer hardened in unbelief. That was more than 50 years ago. A few years ago I received a letter from Henry. The first sentence said: I write to tell that I have been born again and now, at last, I am a horse. This confirmed to me that we need to keep praying and planting the seed of the Word (Mark 4:26) so that it may bear fruit one day.
Read: Mark 4:26-32
What a wonderful lesson, Rus! Thank you for starting my day off right.
James 4:8 “Draw nigh to God and God will draw nigh to you ... and
James 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and he will lift you up.”
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Thy will be done,
thy praise be sung,
thy grace bestowed,
thy love be told.
We love thee LORD.
In Jesus name, amen.
Happy Friday, Mayor. Thank you for showing us the right path again this morning.
Have a beautiful day.