Mandy, my darling wife, was
riding towards her sister’s house from the nursing home after a long day of
sitting with her father. Her sister
lives in Downsville which is about 12 miles north of Interstate 20. As she began driving on the country road
leading to Downsville, she all of a sudden was confronted with a horse in the
middle of the road. A big red horse was
standing in the middle of the road.
Deciding that this could be a road hazard for someone else behind her,
she called 911.
911 operators have such interesting conversations.
Mandy gave her name and told of
the horse standing in the middle of the road on the specific highway. The operator asked her, “Could you be more specific?” Whereupon Mandy answered, “Yes, it was a big
red horse!!!”
Now some of you will get the
funny part of the story about three to four hours later or when someone
explains it to you. Some of us realize
the humor of the situation. The
operator was obviously asking for how many miles the horse was from Interstate
or what mile marker could the horse be found.
Rather than focusing on the location of the horse, Mandy was focused on
the color of the horse.
There are times when we are out
of focus with things which God is very specific. Now sometimes we just want to play dumb. But most of the time we know more than we
realize.
For example, Jesus said to love
your enemies and do good to those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you. Luke 6:27-28.
We understand every word in that sentence. For some of us, the letters are in red meaning
that Jesus said this! However, we want
to excuse ourselves from such nonsense. We
would rather talk about other things.
Jesus is quite specific about it.
Specific and clear.
So the task for us is to be more
specific in our daily living. Our daily
living is to be love specific. It is to
be missional specific—helping those in need.
It is to be prayer specific—PRAY—don’t THINK!
So where are you? And don’t even talk to me about a big red
horse!
Pray for me as I pray for you.
In the Master’s Name,
Rev. Dr. M. Jack O’Dell
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