I love the western mountains. Many times in the
mountains of northern Arizona,
I would see an eagle soaring above the peaks. The sight always left me with a
sense of awe. However, do you know that eagles don’t fly in flocks or bunches.
They soar alone in the heights. On the other hand, when you see sparrows, they
are usually in bunches and seldom fly above the treetops.
There are times in our lives that we like the eagle,
must soar alone. The world, society, culture and peer pressure all say, “Pay no
attention if it is right or wrong. Be politically correct and fly low like us.”
One with a biblical sense of rightness or oughtness will refuse such
chattering. He will listen to the voice of God as is found in His Word. Like
Jesus he will say, “It is written,” and like Jesus, put to flight Satan’s
ministers. He will soar like the eagle. Which are you—a sparrow or an eagle?
Honk If You Love
By Ernest S. Underwood
Some time back as I was driving down the road, I saw a
sign that said, “Honk, if you love America.” All of us have seen the
bumper sticker that urges, “Honk if you love Jesus.” I think I realize the
patriotic and/or religious zeal that causes some to display such signs, but I
am afraid that for far too many, this is the depth of their patriotism or
religion.
Loving America
involves service and sacrifice. If one doubts this, let him ask a veteran of
any of our wars or conflicts. We weren’t “honking,” we were giving loyal
service with a willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice for our beloved
country.
Loving Jesus is to give obedience from the heart, and
giving loyal daily service for and to Him. To my mind, it borders on the
sacrilegious to equate a honk of the horn to what it actually takes to express
one’s love for Him.
Jesus didn’t say, “Honk if you love Me.” He did say, “If you love me, keep My
commandments.” There is a world of difference between these two.
