I Just Bit My Lip!

A while back I posted about the faith of a mustard seed in a blog entitled, What Do I Know About Mustard Seeds?



Unfortunately I know all about biting my lip. A chiropractor once told me that my jaw is all out of whack and that's why I always bite my lip.

So today I was minding my own business, eating my lunch and

BAM!!! I bite my lip and blood starts gushing out.



I think I could feel my teeth touching together as my lip was pierced through. At that moment a word was uttered just under my breath.



I cannot say this word in front of my children.



I felt convicted about this because I know that it just shows what is inside of my heart.



There is an old proverb about women who would carry pots on their heads. As the saying goes, you can tell what is in the woman's pot by what comes out when you bump into her.



It's pretty simple isn't i?. If that pot is filled with water; water comes out when somebody bumps into her. Whatever she is carrying in her pot is what comes out when she is derailed or bumped.



In a sense we are all carrying pots on our heads. When things don't go our way our insides are revealed by what spills out.



What comes out of you when you are bumped? Is it something you are not proud to admit?



Same here. That's the point. If we're honest, none of us are proud of what we hold in our pots. We are sinful. Even the best of us, of which I am not one, hold onto selfishness, pride, and more. These things may not seem too significant; but they are if you are to deal with a holy God some day---and you are.



Each of us will some day meet the Maker. He is completely holy and is required to judge sin---even if we think this sin is small. God is a just judge who must not, because of His divine nature, overlook sin.



Here's the revolution.



You don't have to go to this inevitable meeting alone. We all have a chance to have an advocate with God the Father---even Jesus Christ the Righteous. He is interested in you and wants to have a relationship with you. You should call Him on it. If you already have this relationship; introduce Him to people who do not. This whole world is filled with people who desperately need Jesus. Be one of the facilitators to bring people to the Greatest Revolutionary of them all---Jesus Christ.



-Jason Vreeke