You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him. Dt14.4 NKJV
There are many things that would lead us away from our devotion to the LORD. People are chief among them. We normally think of false prophets and teachers that lead others to stray from faith in God. And, we certainly have our share of those. But, I wonder, when I spoke to the technical support person at Charter yesterday and expressed my impatience over interrupted internet service, if I helped this person draw closer or farther away from loving God. We are all the time either helping or hindering faith in others.
C. S. Lewis (who else) said, “There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal… But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors…All day long we are, in some degree, helping each other to one or other of these destinations."
10/9/07 ts