If the news is any indication, we are obsessed with the lives and deaths of others. Michael Jackson, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, David Carradine, and now the pitch man Billy Mays - the TV flashes with a constant stream of information on their last years and even minutes. The shame of this obsession is that it takes our focus off of the one that matters - Jesus Christ.
At Wakefield we are in the midst of a series of character studies. We have looked at Peter, Andrew, Esther, and Rahab. Each character, each life, has given us valuable information on how and how not to live. However, even in this series, to focus on these four and the others yet to come, would be a distraction. Rather, the intent of each study is to quickly shift the focus back toward Christ. For it is only Christ that saves us and changes us.
An example of all this is in our most recent study of Rahab. The only thing in her character that seems to have merit is her faith in God. Now of all the character traits to have, faith in God is the most important. Faith is the only character trait that without it is impossible to please God. Hebrews 11:6 And who is the author and finisher of our faith? Jesus Christ. (Hebrews 12:1-2) So instead of looking long at Rahab, we must quickly turn our attention to Jesus.
So reader, shift your focus from others to the one that saves - Jesus Christ.
-Mark
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