The Opossum and the Penthouse
April 27, 2008
Earlier this week we had a work day at Camp Mount Pleasant. We demolished a dilapidated cabin that was being used to store a bunch of useless junk. It also held several valuable pieces of material that were consequently of no use because no one knew they were there. When we removed the floor a mama opossum and two babies made a break for a nearby patch of woods. They had built a massive nest underneath the building, a opossum penthouse if you will.
Needless to say they were deeply upset when progress erased their little nest. A lot of Christians are like that opossum. We often snuggle into a church quiet content to do nothing more than make ourselves comfortable. Church becomes a depository for memories. Like that shed, items or ideas often become permanent fixtures in our churches. People are afraid to change anything for fear of upsetting a opossum that resides under all the clutter in a penthouse. When we live in fear of offending someone, the Spirit of God will not work. We must learn to let things go. We will never be able to reach for that which is ahead as long as we are holding on to that which has seen its time of usefulness come and go. I am not saying that we should forget the past simply that we should not live in it.
Christian, heed the apostle John’s words, “Little children, keep yourselves from idols. So let it be” (1 John 5:21). Idols may not be made of gold, have four tires on it, or cost us a dime to keep it. An idol is anything that stands in the way of our obedience to Jesus Christ.
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