It started with a phone call and one of my children asking, “Dad can I leave my dog with you and mom for a couple of days and my best friend’s two little dogs?” As you know, it is hard to say no to your children.
Later on as I was leaning over the backyard fence and throwing food to the little dogs, the smallest and cutest one started growling. He didn’t want the other dogs to have any food, and he tried to keep them away while he choked down all the food. It was hard for him to growl and swallow at the same time and also keep all the other dogs away.
That scene reminded me of a problem we may face in life, called greed or selfishness. The Bible talks about it (James 3:14 & 16, Galatians 5:19-21), and it is a part of natural man and leads to much unhappiness, (James 4:1-4).
Don’t kid yourself; everyone has it. And it just takes the right situation to expose it, (Romans 3:23). God gave us a remedy for it. We are to confess our sins, ask forgiveness, and ask Jesus Christ into our hearts, (James 4:5-10). We are to keep yielding to (being energized by or filled with) the Holy Spirit till we get victory, (Galatians 5:16,22,23). By yielding to the Holy Spirit, we will not fulfill the deeds of the flesh, (Matthew 14:38, 26:41, Romans 8:13). See you in Church next Sunday.