Smile, You're On Candid Camera!

I was thinking about Jehu not long ago. Do you remember Jehu? He was the man who was very anxious to show his "zeal for the LORD." According to the text in 2 Kings 10:15,16 this evidently involved taking a chariot ride with the future monarch. Put that alongside 2 Kings 9:20, and we get some insight into what this zealot considered religious behavior: "The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously."

Well, based on that standard, we Baptists ought to be right smack dab in the middle of one great revival for we love to think we are in a NASCAR race when we drive!

This Old Testament passage occurs to me almost every time that I am cruising the highways around Richmond. I guess you could even call it a religious experience, since the four-lanes are filled with crazy drivers of the Jehu-variety!

That is, until they spy the Photocop.

Do you know about the Photocop? It is a camera set at license plate level or higher and rigged to a radar device, stop light, or toll booth. If you drive faster than the posted speed limit, run a red light, or try to skip out on paying the toll fee, a switch is flipped and the machine photographs your license plate number. The department of Motor Vehicles will then send you a ticket along with a nice note and no, you cannot order 8x10 glossies or even wallet size!

That makes me think of another Bible text - Revelation 20:12, which says, "and the books were opened...and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works."

God is sort of like the ultimate Photocop and He is not limited to one intersection in one city, nor only to traffic violations (Prov. 5:21; Prov. 15:3).

Like the Photocop machine, God's judgment is delayed, but no less certain (Heb. 9:27). However, the Good News is that God the Father is willing to expunge your record - to expose the sin negatives of your life to the dazzling light of His Son's (Jesus) love. So, let me ask you - is the film clean? Do you know Jesus Christ as your personal Savior? If not, then please trust Him and get saved today by repenting of your sins, asking Him to cleanse you from every one of your sins, and inviting Him to live in your heart!

Smile, and say...Jesus,
Pastor David Blevins