From a Pastor’s heart to yours…..

I ran across an interesting story from Homiletics magazine recently. “The case is said to have occurred in Italy, in the mid-1990’s. Judges fined a 50 year old Italian driver for dangerous driving after he handed the controls of his car over to God. A judge heard how the man let go of his steering wheel and cried, ‘God, can you drive?’ The man’s car ended up in a ditch.

The story goes on to tell how the motorist’s lawyer mounted a rather ingenious defense. He maintained that the court had no jurisdiction, because this case constituted a ‘religious dilemma’.

The prosecuting attorney, however, was too sharp to let that sort of thing slip by. He reminded the judge that ‘God is not a legally insured driver and has never passed an official test’, so it was illegal for the man to turn over the steering wheel to the Almighty. The judge agreed and found the man guilty.”

Friends, I am amazed at how people in today’s world increasingly refuse to take responsibility for their own actions. We live in a ‘blame others first’ society and sometimes even God gets the brunt of the blame! Yet as the Scriptures teach us “there is going to come a day of judgment when God, the just judge of the world, will judge all people according to what they have done.” (Romans 2:6 nlt) On that day, finger pointing will be outlawed as “each of us will have to give a personal account to God.” (Romans 14:12 nlt)

Yes, we may be highly skilled at the ‘Blame Game’ but God doesn’t play that game! If Jesus can take our sins on his shoulders then we can take our mistakes to heart by admitting them and making the necessary changes so that we don’t repeat them. See you this Sunday and remember that God loves you and I do too!..............Bill