I heard a story a few months ago, about scientists who were running tests on dogs. The test was that they took a wolf, and a domesticated dog of equal strength and they threw each of them into a tank of water to see which one would survive the longest before it drowned. When I first heard this I was shocked. I thought, well the wolf is going to last the longest, because the wolf is out there on it's own living by itself and taking care of itself, and it has always had to provide everything without anyone or anything's help. Whereas the dog, the dog has had everything provided for it it's whole life, it's used to always having someone look after it and give it everything it needs... but in the end, I was wrong. After only a minute or two, the wolfe drowned. It saw that no matter what it did or how hard it tried to stay alive, there was no way that it could save itself. But the dog, since it has always had everything given to it, it knew that if it could just hang in there, and just keep swimming 'till it's muscles burned and it's legs ached, that sooner or later, it's master would come and pull him out...
after I heard this I thought, what am I but that dog, just swimming around and waiting for my Master to pull me out of the junk I get involved in. Then I start thinking how much I NEED Jesus - all the time - and I started thinking about how blessed I am that I know Him. It all comes back to Grace. Without Grace there would be no redemption, and without redemption, we would have no hope in this world.
"The beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair..." -Relient K
~only by HIS grace~
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