This Is a Test
Theme for the Week: Beyond the American Dream
Doug McIntosh
Wednesday, September 26, 2001
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Key Bible Verse: Set your hearts on things above, where Christ is.
not on earthly things (Colossians 3:1-2).
Bonus Reading: Colossians 3:1-4
My wife, son Tim, and I attended the wedding rehearsal dinner of dear friends. It was past eleven before there was a break in the festivities. I walked out of the building for a breath of air and looked across the street to where I'd parked on arriving. I remembered having parked behind Tim. His car was there, but behind it loomed a large Buick-shaped empty space!
Our minds are supposed to bring stability to our Christian experience as they counterbalance an often initially faulty reaction by our senses. I began to use my mind; I concluded my car had been stolen. Next I was able to assess my emotions: I was pleased to discover in my own heart neither anger nor panic. Happily, I realized that the truths that I'd professedthat all our possessions belong to God, that we're merely stewards of them, and that God will provide for our needswere things I really believed. My mind had brought stability to my emotions. The disclosure proved a pleasant one even though the loss of the vehicle wasn't. Believe me, there was a time when I would have reacted differently to having my car stolen.
Doug McIntosh in Life's Greatest Journey My Response:
I think I'm beginning to put my biblically informed mind over my natural reactions in the area of .
Thought to Apply:
Things are to be used and God is to be loved. We get into trouble when we begin to use God and love things.
Jay Kesler (pastor and educator)
Adapted from: Life's Greatest Journey (Moody, 2000)
For your convenience, Life's Greatest Journey is available in the ChristianityToday.com bookstore.
Copyright © 2001 by the author or Christianity Today, Inc./Men of Integrity magazine.
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