All Tangled Up!
"And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by
knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled
up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before."
2 Peter 2: 20
On Christmas, a man dressed in a Santa outfit was
paragliding
over Sacramento, tossing down candy canes for children.
He
wanted to spread Christmas cheer.
Regrettably he sailed too low and became entangled in power
lines.
He was not hurt, but the children didn’t know what to think of
Santa
dangling and helpless. Firefighters managed to rescue the
man
safely before his experience became truly
shocking.
According to Isaiah 40:31, those who wait upon the
Lord
“shall mount up with wings like eagles.” But Jesus
warned
against becoming entangled with “the cares of this
world
and the deceitfulness of riches” (Matthew
13:22).
It’s easy for us to become tangled in the high voltage
lines
of sin at just the moment we should be soaring by
faith.
We’re wonderfully made to fulfill God’s purpose. Keep
your
eyes on Him, wait on the Lord, mount up daily on the
winds
of His grace, and be aware of anything that will
entangle
your flight.
"You are a heavenly creature, and you are to
lead a heavenly life….Unfortunately, many
Christians are bound and weighed down."
Andrew Murray
