March 6, 2011

Animals are strange. I'm sitting watching my dog bop its nose on a stuffed squirrel, making it squeak. She's trying to figure out how to get that squeak out of it... At least that's the human quality I've given my dog... The quality that she can reason and actually decide to squeak the toy and rip out it's guts.

Maybe you have a cat... It's not really a pet as much as it is something you feed and clean up after. They won't play with you like a dog... Unless a string is attached to you. But they usually wonder around the neighborhood "looking for it's friends"... At least that's the human characteristic we've given it.

The reality is that there are some things our animals do out of it's nature. Unlike humans, animals do not have the ability to reason. They don't debate with themselves whether they should do something or not. They just do whatever they do.

But you and I are not created that way. God has given us the ability to reason. The ability to process information and make a decision is a God-given ability. And yet we all too often ignore this ability and we just "do" whatever we do. The problem with that is that we are denying God if we don't reason... If we don't process... If we don't think. It's like we say, "Thank you, God but I would rather do something that will ruin what you have designed me for and "just do it".

But what would happen if you made a choice? What if you decided to choose to get to know Jesus? What if you chose to avoid something ruining your relationship with Him? The time you spend watching, listening, or reading things that are not godly are, in fact, ruining your relationship with Him. And the sooner you realize that, the sooner you have the opportunity to make a choice. This month isn't about making a 1 month commitment. It's about a lifestyle commitment. It's a choice. What you do this month will determine what you think of your relationship with God.

Take a look at 1 John 3... in regards to you media choices, which ones need to disposed of for good? Which ones are hurting your relationship with Him?


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