Luke 6:46

“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?” Luke 6:46

Sebin loves to take a pill of kids’ multi-vitiamins each morning. The pills are in different animal shapes and they are sweet, too. (We realized that there is too much sugar in them, so we are now trying to make Sebin stop eating them.) Well, we don’t have to remind her to eat them. Each morning Sebin would sing to us asking for her vitamin. “Appa! Appa! (Which means ‘dad’) Give me my vitamins!” Then I’d tell her that she has to wait until she finishes her breakfast. Sebin then would sit down to eat her breakfast. She would eat quite fast and then shout, “Vitamins!” I would hand her the bottle and untighten the bottle so that she can open it herself. She would pour a few pills. Next, she will choose her animal shape of the day and put it in her mouth. She doesn’t chew it. Sebin keeps sucking it because she knows she can’t have another one until the following morning.

It’s a different story in the evening. After the day is over and it’s time to sleep. We take a look at the floor. It’s a huge mess. Sebin’s toys are all over the place. The books she took out from the shelves are all over. It’s time to clean them up. We tell Sebin, “It’s time to clean up!” Sebin runs away. For one, she doesn’t want to sleep. Also, she doesn’t want to clean up. It’s a battle each night, convincing Sebin that she needs to clean up. Like the verse above, Sebin simply does ‘not do the things which I say.’ Eventually, Sebin and I work together to clean up the mess. (Now that she’s bigger, Sebin has learned to clean up on her own these days.)

What if we are calling on God and say ‘Lord, Lord!’ only when we want something but ‘not do the things which He says?’

2 Cor. 4:3,4

“But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.” 2 Corinthians 4:3,4

Last week I was driving back home after a visit. Due to weather there was heavy fog all over the area and it was very difficult to see. I can say that this was one of the heaviest fog I have ever seen. I slowed down my vehicle in case anything might pop out on to the road. Suddenly I saw a bird flying low and it seemed like it was lost. It was swaying left and right as it had lost its balance. Then BAM! The bird hit my windshield.

Something similar happened once again couple nights ago. There weren’t any fog but we had rain. I was still driving cautiously following a line of cars in front of me. Once again, suddenly something hit my windshield again. It was a big THUD kind of sound. It didn’t sound like a rock. I didn’t know what hit the care since I didn’t see anything. When I arrived home I got off the car and I saw a bird feather stuck under my windshield wiper. I think it was another bird that got lost and hit my car.

I thought this was really strange. I have seen many birds fly by real close. So close that I thought I would hit them but these birds are masters of aviation. They would always fly by in such a speed that they would always pass by without hitting. These two times it was different. There was fog and rain. It seems that they lost their way and sense of direction as they were trapped in the fog and rain. It may have blinded their vision or whatever sense they used to navigate their way.

I pray that this won’t be our experience. Like the verse above, I pray that our gospel will not be veiled and hidden, but that the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ may shine through that it may guide our way to His salvation.