Lost, Trapped and Blinded by our Fears, Egos and Pride.

We all are like animals lost, trapped and blinded by our fears, egos and pride. We pride in the sinful human nature we call "my culture". When God beckons us to draw near to Him, humble ourselves and be saved, we continue giving our old "reasons" and human philosophies based on our own limited understanding. The lesson I draw from this Video below, is that more than often we get ourselves into sinful situations that easily entangle us and as we indulge in the scum of sin, we get stuck and cannot save ourselves. We try to free ourselves using our resources, power, knowledge and experience, but all come to naught. The bible in 2 Timothy 1:9  points us to a God who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began. 

Because God is OMNIPRESENT, OMNISCIENT AND OMNIPOTENT, He sees us in the quandary and imbroglio that we drive ourselves into in high speed as we relentlessly pursue the lure of vanity. The entrapment in the quagmire is brought to us by our own lust of the eye, the pride of life and the desire for sin. This "human nature" that we use as excuse for sinning, made God come down Himself and walked on this earth like a man. The paradox here is that just like the goat in the video, we argued and sought to stone Jesus. We hated what he taught us; "turn the other cheek" we replaced it with hit back, love your enemies, we replaced it with self defense,-"deny yourselves, take up your cross and follow me"-we replaced it with "indulge in whatever your heart desires so long us it makes you happy" We EVENTUALLY CRUCIFIED JESUS CHRIST on the Cross. It is through this death that God, out of His immense love that surpasses all understanding brings us Help from on high. When HELP comes our way, we put a real violent reaction to "protect" ourselves and we even try to fight that HELP. I see God's Character of patience in this man here. The man does not give up on his mission and objective of disentangling the goat. God NEVER gives up on us. Let us pray that God will open our eyes today, to see and know when HE EXTENDS HIS SAVING HAND. God bless you.