Don't Jump

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August 22, 2013

"Don't Listen...don't jump"

Scripture Reading:    

Colossians 3:17 (HCSBO) And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Devotion And Meditation:

You know the scene in the movies where the desperate young man crawls out onto the ledge of the building, preparing to end it all. The police are leaning out of a nearby window trying to talk the young man off the ledge, rescue workers are spreading out the nets below in an attempt to catch the young man if he does indeed jump. The media unloads their vans hoping to get the best shot as a crowd begins to gather in the streets.  And then someone in the crowd yells up to the young man, "Jump."  Why would anyone do that? Why would anyone intentionally encourage anyone to hurt themselves? I guess there are lots of reasons -- people feel badly about themselves so they try to build up their own lives by destroying the lives of others. There is an underlying current of despair in our culture, a deep anxiety that, in the end, nothing really matters. So, whether you jump off a building or give your life to feed the hungry -- in the end it's all pretty much the same. If you pay attention, our culture yells "jump" to us all of the time -- in countless ways. Our young people are encouraged to become sexually active before they are married. Why? Well, because everyone is doing it and it's just something that happens -- and everyone knows how destructive this kind of behavior is to our young people. Alcohol companies target college campuses. They want to encourage life long drinking even when we know the alcohol related accidents have killed more Americans than the Vietnam War.  And those are just the obvious choices. I haven't said anything about how our culture worships money -- you can lie, steal, and cheat with open disdain and be celebrated as a tough and ruthless person of business. Can you hear them? Gathering in the street below and yelling "Jump!" This celebration of destruction and evil is the final proof of a culture that has abandoned God. When we as a people can no longer distinguish good from bad, right from wrong, up from down -- we are suffering the ultimate consequence of refusing to worship God. Our punishment is that we end up worshiping anything, aiming our lives toward our final destruction.  When you hear the world, telling you to Jump!  Listen for that still small voice of God.

 Win or lose, I want to make sure that I make God's name great

Pastor Ben J Lahay 
Galatians 2:20