| [ Christian ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): rosette (M.C.K) 날 짜 (Date): 1995년07월28일(금) 05시20분48초 KDT 제 목(Title): The Teacher Is An Animal THE TEACHER IS AN ANIMAL "The ox knows its owner...; but Israel does not know, My people do not consider." -Isaiah 1:3 Animals sometimes seem to have more sense than people. Because of their alertness to natural phenomena, they have at times helped us to avoid disaster. In northeastern China, officials were able to warn and evacuate people from high-risk areas hours before a killer earthquake struck. They were alerted to the disaster by cattle than mooed more than usual and chickens that refused to roost. And in Japan, 20 small quakes within a few months were accurately forecast because observers noted that catfish swarm frantically, as if chased by sharks. From the prophet Isaiah we learn that observing animals can even teach us how to prevent a ruined life (1:2-9). He noted that an ox knows its owner, and a donkey knows where its food comes from (v.3). These animals know who takes care of them. God's people, however, often aren't smart enough to remember their Owner. Hundreds of years after Isaiah, the apostle Paul reminded the Corinthian Christians that they were not their own. They had been bought with a price and were to honor God in all they said and did (1 Cor. 6:19-20). Take a lesson from the aniamls and remember you Owner and Pfrovider. Live wholeheartedly for him. I am Yours, Lord, yet teach me all it means, All it involves of love and loyalty, Holy service, absolute surrender, And unreserved obedience to Thee. -Anon LIVE SO THAT OTHERS KNOW WHOM YOU BELONG TO. |