Matthew 7:15 (NIV)
Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s
clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
Bubba took his girlfriend to dinner and a show recently
in what we refer to as the "Big Apple", good old New York City.
Now, Bubba has been into the city numerous times, he's
been in to see plays, skate at Rockefeller Center, have dinner in some of the
finer restaurants, take in a ballgame at Yankee or Shea Stadium, etc. So the
city is really nothing new to him.
Anyway, they were strolling down Seventh Ave. The other
day when they came upon one of those con men running one of those shell games
on the street. Bubba stopped for a minute and watched as the con man asked his
customer under which cup the nut was.
The customer said he wasn't sure and Bubba proudly
blurted out "it's under the middle one".
The con man said "you're right, you win" and he
threw twenty dollars down on the table for Bubba . . .
The hook was baited and Bubba fell for it. Before Bubba
finally walked away from that con man and his table Bubba had lost a hundred
dollars. When he got home after the show and dinner still kicking himself for
having fallen prey to the con man.
He thought to himself, I don't know why I fell for it, it
all seemed so easy. I found that first nut without a problem and then I
couldn't find it anymore."
As he contemplated the night he was reminded of something
his Grandpa used to tell him . . . "Even a blind squirrel will find a nut
every once in awhile".
After thinking about it Bubba had learned a lesson but it
had cost him a hundred dollars in the process.
As I read this account it made me think about how Bubba
had been deceived by the con man . . . How things weren't really as they had
appeared to poor Bubba during that con game.
That got me to thinking . . . Thinking about all these so-called
"prophets" who seem to be crawling out of the woodwork since the
incidents on Sept. 11th. These "prophets" who claim they prophesized
those events or what lies ahead for us. "Prophets" who have come out
bragging about other so called "prophecies" of theirs that have come
true.
Think about how these "prophets" are like the
blind squirrel who finds a nut once in a while, because every once in a while
one of their so-called prophecies appears to have come true from the way they
explain it. In the meantime they are leading people astray, pulling them away
from the Lord and into Satan's con game.
False prophets and false prophecy . . . Perhaps something
for all of us to think about and beware of. Another great reason to read the
Bible so we know the truth.
Dear Lord, in this world where there are false prophets
give us the wisdom to know what is of You and what isn’t. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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