Glimpses of Truth

What Kind of Dog?

Quite often we become confused, or at least we don’t always see things as they are.  Or if we see them as they are, we give them another name and go ahead.

If I can give a little order to this, let me share a statement made by our 3-year-old a few years ago.  One evening while watching television, David cried out, “Look, Mom, there’s a chocolate Chip Dog on TV!”  When we looked at the screen, there was a porcelain Dalmatian.  But the eyes of one beholder saw an exciting Chocolate Chip Dog.

When we look at this old world, dominated by greed and selfishness, just what do we see?  Do we accept it as a way of life for others and then agree that it might as well become a way of life for us, too?

As believers, let’s never forget II Corinthians 4:4, “….the god of this age hath blinded the minds of them who believe not.”

You see, no matter how intelligent a person is, he may be totally ignorant of spiritual truth.  The philosophers to whom Paul spoke on Mars Hill in Acts 17 were intelligent but spiritually blind.  Most of them ignored Paul’s teaching about God and about Christ’s resurrection, even though the Word says that they were “very religious.”

They were not believers, however, so Paul preached Christ, but many only saw something else.  But those to whom the Holy Spirit brought conviction of sin believed on the Lord Jesus Christ.

They saw the real thing.

They allowed their lives to line up with the real thing.

Now, going to church, singing in the choir, being a good neighbor, a good spouse, a good worker, giving faithfully, being on time, and all those other good religious things just don’t measure up to the claims of Christ.  They may look like or sound like the real thing, but they are not.

How do you see it?  Or better yet, how does God see it?

Seen any Chocolate Chip Dogs lately?