Jenga

Jenga is a non-fatal way to play Russian Roulette.  Instead of pulling a trigger one pulls out a block.  Eventually there is a loud crash and someone with a block in their hand loses.   In many ways it is like ignoring God’s commands.  You can pull out several blocks without the crash.  However, the crash will occur.  It is inevitable.  It is merely a matter of time.

“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap. For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap.”  (Galatians 6)  This is not a matter of God being irritated that we are disrespecting Him.  It is merely a matter of harvesting the fruit of stupidity.  When we enter an airplane we are trusting a host of people to get us safely to our destination.  Not only are we trusting the pilots but also the mechanics, the fuelers, the air traffic controllers, the air marshal, the weather forecasters, the computer programmers, the assembly line personnel who put together the thousands of parts, the people who prepared the food (if there is any) and on and on.  That is a lot of trust.  We do this because we believe those people have been well trained.

How is it that sometimes we ignore or don’t trust the Being who made the universe?  He does have a lot of experience. He wrote the manual.  Sin (not obeying) and obedience are a matter of common sense.  It is most unfortunate that people associate sin with religion and going to church, when ignoring God is running stop signs, driving on bald tires, texting while driving, playing Jenga.  The crash is coming.  It is merely a matter of time.

Written by Roger Bothwell on August 30, 2013

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