Today's Daily Bread
Risky Business
As the worldwide financial crisis deepened in 2010, executives of a
global banking firm were investigated for deceiving their customers
about the risk involved in certain investments they were selling. While
promising a high rate of return, the banking firm knew that the
investments were destined to fail, leaving those who purchased them with
nothing.
Deception is nothing new. Jesus described Satan as one who “does not
stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him . . . for he is a
liar and the father of it” (John 8:44). The enemy of our souls tells us,
“Live only for the present,” when he knows it will result in our
eternal loss.
Jesus, on the other hand, did not offer His disciples a life of
prosperity and ease but called them to self-sacrifice and identification
with Him. After telling them that He would be killed and raised from
the dead, Jesus said, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires
to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake
will save it” (Luke 9:23-24).
There are two voices telling us where to invest our lives. It’s risky business to follow the wrong one.
When you hear the Shepherd’s voice
As He calls you, “Come to Me,”
In your life make Him your choice
And His faithful follower be. —Hess
As He calls you, “Come to Me,”
In your life make Him your choice
And His faithful follower be. —Hess
If we hold on to God’s truth,
we won’t be trapped by Satan’s lies.
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