Saturday, March 23, 2002
Saturday, March 23, 2002
And every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God
the Father.
In the next mail, the young man received a package. It contained a note and a harmonica. "I'm
sending this to you," his girlfriend wrote, "so you can have something to take your mind off
those girls." The young man wrote back that he was practicing on the harmonica every night
and thinking only of her.
When the young man returned home to the states his girl was waiting at the airport. As he
rushed forward to embrace her, she held up a restraining hand and said sternly, "Hold on
there. First I want to hear you play that harmonica!" The young woman wanted proof.
Do we prove our love for God? Listen to Paul's words in Roman 10: 9: "...if you confess with
your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you
will be saved." This is our response in faith to the grace of God extended to us in the life and
death of Jesus Christ--believe in our hearts and confess with our lips.
(Philippians 2.11
NRSV)
A young man was sent to Spain by his company to work in a new plant. He accepted because
it would enable him to earn enough to marry his long-time girlfriend. Their plan was to pool
their resources and put a down payment on a house when he returned. As the lonely weeks
went by, she began expressing doubts that he was being true to her. After all, Spain is
populated by beautiful women. The young man declared that he was paying absolutely no
attention to the local girls. "I admit," he wrote, "that sometimes I'm tempted. But I fight it. I'm
keeping myself for you."
Dear God, may I confess daily the Lordship of Jesus who lives in my heart. Amen.
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