Most of the driving I do is on the highway,
There are several spots along my commute where traffic becomes
rather intense.
I can normally count on at least a few drivers taking some
unnecessary and even dangerous risks.
There is one thing I have learned about these drivers from
experience.
Drivers in certain makes of cars appear more likely to take
unnecessary chances.
Certainly one might expect this from drivers of high
performance sports cars.
Their vehicles have more horsepower and greater acceleration.
Yet these drivers are not the only ones that are willing to
take more risks.
I have also learned that some drivers of cars with high
safety ratings also fall into this category.
Perhaps over time their sense of sense of security begins to make
them feel invulnerable and thus willing to take more risks.
People can also live their lives in similar ways.
Many unbelievers think this world is the only reality they
will ever face.
Similar to the drivers of some sports cars, they rush through
this world at a blistering pace.
They disregard the fact that the choices they make in this
world will have consequences in the next.
They are by no means the only risk takers.
Some who consider themselves believers begin to live life as
dangerously, perhaps even more so.
Just like some drivers of safer cars, they live life as if
consequences no longer apply to them.
In their way of thinking, since Jesus died for their sins
they can live any way they wish.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
The choices we make in this world will have consequences in
the next.
In Matthew 25:32 – 40, Jesus explains this when he compares
judgment to a shepherd who separates sheep from goats.
The goats which are placed on the left represent those who
are not saved.
The sheep which are placed on the right represent those who
are.
In this world some will choose to be among the goats.
We are obligated to try to reach them, but ultimately the
choice is theirs.
There will also be those who go through this world
incorrectly assuming they are among the sheep.
Only in the end, when it is too late, will they discover just
how much the choices they made in this world really mattered.
Blessings,
Jim Pokorny
The Other Brother Jim
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