On my way home from school this evening an old Irving Berlin tune came out of my truck speaker. I don’t think I ever really listened to the words before though I must have heard it a hundred times. It was “I’m puttin’ all my eggs in one basket.” It has become a favorite of jazz musicians and was even in an old Fred Astaire film. When Fred Astaire turned 71 he stopped dancing professionally and gave the following reason. “I don’t want to be the oldest performer in captivity. … I don’t want to look like a little old man dancing out there.”
But back to the “I’m puttin’ all my eggs in one basket.” The words of course are about making a total commitment to someone, which got me thinking about our commitment to Jesus. The mission school I lived at for six years in Africa had a medical dispensary. People would come inside for their injections and pills and then stop at the mango tree outside to purchase charms from the local witch doctor. When I asked them why they did this they would smile and tell me they were not putting all their eggs in one basket.
I would like to recommend that you join me and put all your eggs in Jesus’ basket. It is an investment that will never fail. It is guaranteed to provide an eternity of dividends. Jesus urges us to “. . . provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, . . .” Luke 12:33
Written by Roger Bothwell on August 10, 2006
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