Coat tails

December 14, 2007

I know of people that try to live off of their parent's faith. It will not work you know. Mom and dad had to accept Jesus and so will they. But that does not stop people from trying.

Ezekiel 14:12-14 ESV
(12) And the word of the LORD came to me:
(13) "Son of man, when a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it and break its supply of bread and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast,
(14) even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord GOD.

Noah, Daniel and Job. These are three great men of faith. But they could not save anyone else but themselves with their righteousness. You cannot skate in on anyone else. Three great men of faith cannot do it for you. This is important because too often we do not tell our children about Jesus and lead them to the Lord. And they grow up thinking they do not have to do anything.

Stop and think if you are riding someone else's coat tails. More important, who is trying to ride on yours.