WALKING DEAD

WALKING DEAD

Friday, November 14, 2014

 

John 3:3  [Jesus said] "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."

1Peter 3:3-4

 

  I watch The Walking Dead, and like it.

  When answering “What’s your favorite TV shows?” I get many strange looks and an occasional blurted “WHAT!?”

  In response I ask “What is the series about?”

  The typical answer has to do with zombies and killing them.

  I’ve also asked movie goers what Saving Private Ryan is about. Most common answer is “Saving Private Ryan.” Some say “War.”

  The Walking Dead isn’t about zombies, nor is the theme of Saving Private Ryan about saving Private Ryan. Peter’s words are not centered on hair and jewelry. Nor are they singularly applicable to the female sex.

  I’ve never been confronted by a zombie. I’ve never been a soldier. I don’t have enough hair to adorn. And I don’t like to wear jewelry. (Consequently I for 3 months put off selecting and purchasing an alert bracelet. It should arrive in today’s mail.) But all do address the major life decision that determines our attitude and all that we do. And only the one gives the correct enlivening solution.

  Who am I; how do I identify myself?

  I am not what I have done or presently do. Nor do my looks determine who I am.

  I am either walking dead or walking alive.

  Once I was walking dead but trusting Lord Jesus Christ I am alive for He has made it so!

  Now with clear view of my identity in and by Him my behavior is to “let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, the meek and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the sight of God.” (MKJV)

   I leave you with words from the Apostle Paul:

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins  in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (ESV Eph.2:1-10)

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