Hunting deer seemed pointless to me.
Why waste hours of sleep to sit in an extremely cold place
to see a creature come by and take it out with a bow or gun? Deer hunting never made much since to me. A couple of years ago, my mind changed.
I was driving down the highway going 75. I was driving my sweet 91 Buick (I loved this car). Out of nowhere a deer ran across the highway. I hit the brakes and swerved out of the way. I missed that deer, but I hit his friend (We will call him
MJ, because the dude could fly). I was trying to control my car and did a 720, both times
spinning around I still saw MJ airborne.
I was impressed. That deer went flying. I thank God that nothing happened to me and there was nobody
on the road. Two things happened that day, my car died and I change my
thinking on deer hunting. I always heard deer hunters say it controls the population
of deer. I chalked that up to a lame excuse. It took me hitting MJ on the highway for me to change my
view on deer hunting. Sometimes it takes something drastic in order to change our
thinking.
Something happened like this to Paul. Paul was a man who killed Christians and went out of his way
to make sure they were in jail. Acts 26:9-11…
“I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was
possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. And that is just what I did in
Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief
priest I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were put to death, I
cast my vote against them. Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to
have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. In my obsession
against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.”
Whoa.
Have you ever had something happened in your life that
caused you to completely change your view?
If so, would you mind sharing? Paul was a brutal attacker and killer of Christians. Yet he changed, became what I would classify as a hall of
fame Christian life.
He changed, started many churches and defended the people he
used to try to kill. A major thing happened in Paul’s life and he changed. No matter where you are at with Jesus, you are never far
enough where you can’t call on him. Jesus gives us a second chance in life.
A chance to change. How many opportunities do you have like that? This is what’s awesome about faith. Jesus gives us a second chance, a chance to make things
right. I thought deer hunting was pointless, my mind was changed.
What have you changed your mind about? If you gave up on faith, you are not too far from Jesus and
I hope you give it a second chance.
Have a great day.
