Just Looking by Kay Heitsch There was a lot of new home construction going on in our neighborhood. As you might well imagine, this construction was quite fascinating to little boys. One day I was taking my daily walk when I heard a young mother yell, Joey, what are you doing? I looked around to see if I could see the little guy. Lo and behold I did see him. Joey was standing on top of a mound of dirt looking down into a newly dug basement. Joey yelled back, Im just looking, Mom! Im not looking for trouble! Now seeing Joey standing on top of this mound of dirt Joeys mom ran out of the house to help him come down before he fell in the hole. I smiled at Joeys response. He didnt think he was looking for trouble, but his mother could see that it was very possible that Joey may be in trouble with just a slip of his little foot. How often do we think we are just looking when in reality we may be Looking for trouble. In the garden Jesus said to the disciples twice to Pray that you will not fall into temptation, Luke 22:40 and again in 22:45. Jesus knew that the disciples were about to be standing on top of a situation where they might fall. Jesus wanted them to pray that they would not fall into the temptation. Why? Because Jesus wanted to save them from the hurt that the fall would cause. I think we all know the story. Peter denied Jesus and the others ran away when they were on top of the situation. They did not pray ahead of time, but fell asleep instead. The emotional hurt they felt was very real. We may not think that trouble could be around the corner when we are on top of the hill. We may think we are just looking not knowing that there could be trouble if we fell. I believe if we are wise we will remember the words of Jesus, Pray that you will not fall into temptation, even though we may think we are just looking and not looking for trouble.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 14:27:41 +0000
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