What Jesus Won't Do
A man fell into a pit and couldn't get himself out …
A man fell into a pit and couldn’t get himself out.
· A subjective person came along and said, “I feel for you down there.”
· An objective person came along and said, “It’s logical that someone would fall down there.”
· A Pharisee said, “Only bad people fall into a pit, so I guess you deserve to be there.”
· A mathematician calculated how he fell into the pit.
· A news reporter wanted an exclusive story on the pit.
· An IRS agent asked if he was paying taxes on the pit.
· A self-pitying person said, “You haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen my pit.”
· A spiritualist said, “Just confess that you’re not in a pit.”
· An optimist said, “Things could be worse.”
· A pessimist said, “Things will get worse.”
· Jesus, seeing the man, took him by the hand and lifted him out of the pit!
Jesus does many things. But one thing he won’t do, ever, is leave helpless someone who wants his help.
PRAYER: Dear Jesus, you are my help and my strength, my love and my forgiveness. You do for me what nobody else can do, helping me out of the pit that I often dig for myself, helping me with your grace, mercy, and power. Strengthen my faith in you to deliver me from trouble and sin better than any security or pleasure on this earth. And help me to then help others, that they too might enjoy your saving love. Amen.
* Devotion adapted from a book by Barbara Johnson, in Ecunet (database online), (cited 5 November 1994), meeting name: Eculaugh, file name: A000000S.MSG.