Curiosity’s Captive
CURIOSITY’S CAPTIVE
Read Luke 5:27-31.
“Uncle Jerry makes me so mad!” said Jana as she slammed down the telephone. “That was Cheri, and she was crying. The electric company will turn off their electricity if they don’t pay their bill by tomorrow. Uncle Jerry’s out drinking with his buddies again.”
Dad looked over the edge of the newspaper. “I feel sorry for Jerry,” he said.
Jana huffed. “I feel sorry for his family! Uncle Jerry is selfish and mean!”
“We need to pray for him. He’s in bondage to alcohol,” Dad reminded her.
“He could get loose if he wanted to! He just—” Jana was interrupted by a banging sound from the garage. “What’s that?”
“I don’t know,” Mom said, concerned. “We had better find out.” When they opened the door, they saw their dog with a plastic pitcher over his head, bumping into everything.
Mom gathered the frightened dog in her arms. Dad got out his pocketknife and carefully cut the pitcher from the dog’s neck.
“Rudy must have stuck his nose in the pitcher, then pushed it up against something as he pushed his head farther inside,” said Jana.
Dad nodded. “Scolding him and telling him how foolish he was wouldn’t have helped him at all,” he observed. “He was caught and couldn’t do anything to help himself. He needed us to help him. You know, Uncle Jerry is like Rudy. He is caught in a trap so powerful he cannot break loose. God can deliver him. And if God wants to use us to help, He will show us how.”
HOW ABOUT YOU?
Do you know people who are caught in the trap of sin? It might be alcohol or drugs or other things. Ask God to give you compassion for them, and pray for them.
TO MEMORIZE:
Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude.
1 Peter 3:8
CARE FOR OTHERS.
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