Brownies and Buddies

Two friends went out to dinner and ordered the same dessert.  Brownies.

When the treat came to the table it was obvious that one of the brownies was bigger than the other one.  One man quickly reached out, grabbed the smaller brownie, and gave it to his friend (keeping the bigger one for himself).

The guy with the smaller brownie said, “Hey man… Do you see what you just did?  You gave me the small brownie and kept the big one for yourself!  What’s up with that?  What gives you the right to do that?”

The guy eating the bigger brownie asked,  “What would you have done?”

‘Well, I would have given you the bigger brownie and kept the smaller one for myself.”

“Well thanks, it’s delicious.”  :)

Matthew 6:1 (Msg), “Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don’t make a performance out of it. It might be good theater, but the God who made you won’t be applauding."

Foolish Risk

Last night, at the Men’s Bible study that meets in my home, we were talking about the foolish risks that Samson took. In the book we are going through together, The Samson Syndrome, Mark Atteberry talks about watching a war movie.

In that movie a group of soldiers are walking casually across an open field when one of them suddenly spots a land mine. At the top of his lungs, he screamed, “MINES!” and the soldiers all froze in their tracks. No one dared move a muscle. All casual conversations came to a halt, and cold sweat broke out on their faces.

The writer brought out the fact that life is a mine field. Satan sets subtle, almost invisible traps everywhere. That’s why we need the Word of God. Psalm 119:105, “Your Word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.” God’s word will show us where the mines are. It keeps us from making that one fatal step or taking that one foolish risk that could ruin our lives.

The writer reminds us that, unfortunately, we often fail to give the Word of God the attention it deserves. It is often the strongest, most confident soldiers in the platoon that get their legs blown off. 

Lets read and heed the Word of God before we take another step!