Daily Devotional for May 5, 2018
Window Warning
THUD.
“Oh no! A bird flew into the glass!” Torin turned to his dad. “I hope he’s okay!”
Dad and Torin got up from the table and went to the large glass window in the living room. “I don’t see him,” Dad said as they looked down at the ground. “I guess he must be okay—he probably flew away.”
“Well, I think we should put up a poster or something to warn the birds that there’s a window here,” said Torin. “They can’t see the clear glass.”
Dad smiled. “What should it say?”
“Dad! You know birds can’t read,” Torin said. “It would just have to be something solid on the glass so they could see it was there.”
“I don’t think Mom would like a sign like that on the front window,” Dad said.
Torin nodded. “Probably not.”
“You know, Torin, we can be like that bird sometimes,” Dad said thoughtfully.
“We can?” asked Torin. “How?”
“There are dangerous things in life that we may not see either,” replied Dad. “There’s a difference, though—while we’re unable to warn those birds about the window, God warns us about things that will hurt us. Do you know how He does that?”
“Well, my teacher once warned me not to run in the hallway, but I did anyway and ran into someone, and we both got hurt,” said Torin. “Is that how God warns us? Through our teachers?”
“That’s one way,” Dad replied. “He puts parents and teachers in our lives to teach us to be wise and do what’s right. But I was thinking of something bigger than running in the hallway.”
Torin thought about it. “Last week, Pastor Grey talked about sin and gave a strong warning about that.”
“Right,” said Dad. “God warns us about sin in His Word, and He often uses people to help us understand those warnings. He warns us that if we don’t trust in Jesus to save us from sin, we won’t have eternal life. The Bible also warns Christians about the consequences of sinful actions in our lives. He warns us because He loves us and doesn’t want us to get hurt.”
Torin nodded as a bird flew by the window. “Then we’d better pay attention!” – Karen Locklear
How about you?
Do you pay attention to God’s warnings? God warns us about the dangers of sin in His Word, the Bible, and He often uses people, such as parents, teachers, and pastors, to help us understand those warnings. Do you listen? Don’t ignore God’s warnings about sin. Trust Jesus to save you. (To learn more, click the blue “Good News” button in the column to the right.) Then depend on Him to help you do what’s right.
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