Staying Over Until Sunday

Staying Over until Sunday

Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

Philippians 4:8

George was walking along the street in Colorado Springs, Colorado, one day on his way to his weekly meeting of the Kiwanis Club. It was a glorious fall day. The chill of coming winter was in the air, a slight breeze was blowing, and the sun was reluctantly giving up the blue sky to encroaching gray clouds.

Then George noticed an old man coming toward him from the edge of town. He looked as if he had just wandered down from the mountains. He was dressed in his Sunday finest, and he was carrying a big Bible under his arm.

“Hey, Samuel, old friend, what’s happening? Where are you headed all dressed up fit to kill?”

“Oh, hey, George. I’ve been hearing about New Orleans, and I’m thinking of going on down there. I hear there’s a lot of free-runnin’ liquor and a lot of real good—or maybe I should say bad—shows.”

George looked him over and said, “But Samuel, if you’re really thinking about going to New Orleans for all the bad things there, why are you taking your Bible with you?”

Samuel looked up with a mischievous grin on his face and said, “Well, if it’s as good as they say it is, I might just stay over until Sunday!”

Sunday-only Christianity. It is a malady many folks suffer from, isn’t it? We like to keep our toes in both worlds, even though the Bible cautions us against that. We can overcome this tendency by concentrating on “what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable.” Then we can become Sunday-through-Saturday Christians.

O Lord, help me to concentrate on you and your Word and not be pulled away by thinking about foolish things. I love you, Lord. Amen.