The King's Invitation

people are like bottles of pop

kingsinvitation | February 28, 2009 09:25

People are like bottles of pop. You know… drinks… sodas… cokes… carbonated beverages…

We really are like bottles of pop – when we get shook up, whatever is inside will come spewing out! It doesn’t matter what is on the label, either. It’s what’s REALLY inside that comes out. Jesus said, “For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.” (Luke 6:43-45).

What is this “treasure” of the heart? If it is good treasure, it is the Word of God. Psalm 119:11 says, “Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.”; Proverbs 3:3 says, “Let not mercy and truth forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart…” ; and Deuteronomy 30:14-16, “But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it. See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments…”

The prophet Jeremiah, talking about learning the scriptures, said, “Your words were found and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart” (Jeremiah 15:16). And Paul, in his letter to the church at Colosse, said “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another is psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Colossians 3:16-17). We’ve got to look at ourselves beyond the label on the outside. When we really get shook up, what comes out of us? It’s sort of a diagnostic test on the state of our heart. If what comes out isn’t Godly – we must repent and strive harder to fill our heart with the things of God, so that when something happens which causes actions before thoughts, we will not betray our King, but instead glorify Him by showing the world a different, better, way to live.

Take the church to someone this week – you’ll both benefit.

King’s Invitation Ministries

P.O. Box 501

Foxworth MS 39483

http://myspace.com/kingsinvitation

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:) Thanks for the smile

artfulpioneer | 01/27/2009, 13:15

Good word, and more applicable in these times- times of the eye of the needle testing. Are you from the Midwest? We grew up in Ohio, In., and Pa.- where they say "pop". In Central America everything is a "coke", and here in the south it is soda, as in the northeast. I had almost forgotten about this. You brought a smile to my face remembering...redpop! Also, really love the tag at the end! "Take the church..." -Modern Shoes on Ancient Paths

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people are like bottles of pop

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:) Thanks for the smile

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