Look Ma, No Hands!

There is a certain show on TV of grown men doing stupid stuff. They do crazy stunts where they not only have the risk of getting hurt but some of them actually get injured. But as much as they get hurt, they don't stop doing the stunts. They just keep doing it, they've even made a couple movies of themselves getting hurt doing stupid stunts. This leads me, among many other parents and adults, to shake my head and say, "Why?!?!?"

Just because you have the opportunity and/or ability to do something, doesn't mean that God is giving you the green light or that it's right or wise, or that you should do it at all. Some people think that just because you have an opportunity to do something or are able to do it, that you should just go ahead and do it. There is something called self-control and patience, which are both not only virtues, but fruits of the Spirit. Having self control means that you're not impulsively doing what you want, when you want, just because. Self control means that you're waiting, thinking through all the choices before you choose one, the best one, the godly one. Patience means waiting for what you truly want, being content & satisfied, waiting for God's timing, not your own

All junior high students are welcome to join us tomorrow night at Crash as we look at a time when David had the opportunity and ability to not only end all of his troubles by taking out the guy who was hunting him down, but also claiming and affirming his own kingship. Does he exude patience and self control? We'll read 1 Samuel 24 & 26 to find out what he ended up doing and why.