March 20, 2012

March 20, 2012

A very interesting question was posed to me a couple of days ago. We were being told a story about a young lady that had come to Costa Rica with a potential boyfriend. He was serious, but she was not about the relationship. He had brought her down to meet some family and enjoy some time at the beach. During her stay she became enamored with a local Tico beach bum. Eventually she and the young man break up during the stay. After they go back to the states, she drops out of college, gets on a plane and come back to Costa Rica. After a few weeks or months she is back in the U.S. and pregnant. The question was: What makes girls so swept off their feet by the young Tico men? Why would they throw their life away for one?

It made me think of Hosea. Gomer was not too much different from this young lady. She had a man that was serious about her and willing to devote his life to her, but instead she chose to go looking for the party guy that would sweep her off her feet. Unfortunately, he would also leave her in the dust when he was ready to move on. We say we want security and love and a good home but when faced with the temptation to be exciting and excited for a time we will throw it all away. Then we are left with the guilt and shame of what we have done. Now we need the excitement so we will not feel those negative emotions. It becomes such a vicious cycle and we see no way out….at least no way out for us. Others, yes, but never for us. After all, our sin is special…no one can be as bad as we are…on one hand but on the other hand we always justify ourselves by saying…at least we are not as bad as…. We are very schizo at how we look at our sin.

The problem: Our eyes are on ourselves

The solution: Get our eyes on Jesus!!!

Sounds simple, well it is. But living it out daily is the challenge.