By: Kevin Cauley
Winter is coming soon, and with it, colder temperatures. Several years ago, we had a cold winter that got down to less than zero degrees Fahrenheit. Science tells us that the coldest temperature possible is absolute zero, equivalent to negative 459 degrees Fahrenheit. At this temperature, atomic motion virtually stops. You might say that it is as frozen as it will get. Thinking about such things reminds me of several things that we ought to avoid as Christians.
The covetous person is a cold, cold person. The man who has his wealth yet refuses to use that wealth for the benefit of other than his own personal interests is, for all intents and purposes, at absolute zero. His pocketbook is frozen because it’s stuck to the ice chunk he calls a heart. Hebrews 13:5 says, “Let your conversation be without covetousness….”
The stubborn person is a cold, cold person. Here is a man who knows what is right and how to do right yet refuses to do it. Regarding doing that which is right, he is at absolute zero, frozen, stuck in that which is wrong.
Second Chronicles 30:8 states: “Now be ye not stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD….”
Finally, the selfish person is a cold, cold person. Here is one who never has time or concern for anyone else. Regarding others, he is at absolute zero. Phil.2:4 states, “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.”
Where does our heart stand? Are we at absolute zero because we are covetous, stubborn, or selfish? I hope not. Instead, we need to be pliable and plastic so that the Lord may mold and shape us to His will. You can’t bend something that is at absolute zero, only break it.
God bless you, and I love you.