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ALTER YOUR DIRECTION
A newly commissioned naval captain took great
pride in his first assignment. One stormy night he saw a steady light
moving in his ship's direction. He ordered the signalman to send the
following message: "Change your course 10 degrees to the South."
The reply came back: "Change your course 10 degrees to the North."
The captain, determined not to give way to another vessel, countered:
"Alter your direction 10 degrees, I am the Captain." The answer
flashed back promptly: "Alter your direction, I am the Lighthouse."
There are times when we all identify with the Captain; when we allow
self-will to set us off course on a collision course with destruction.
"I have my rights," we say, determined to have our own way. But
God's penetrating and unchangeable beacon reveals a rocky shore ahead,
and finally we must do as the Captain surely did. Some do not turn away
from the reef of sin as they sail through life; unfortunately they will
suffer for all eternity. "Hold to your faith and a good conscience,
which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered
shipwreck..." (1 Tim 1:19)
Our prayer for ourselves, and for the church should be as Jesus prayed:
"Not my will, but Thine be done."
----Jerral Kay
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