The Finger

           Fingers play an important role in our lives.  It would be hard to eat without fingers, and almost any kind of work requires the use of fingers to some degree,  Hey, even communicating could be a bit difficult for those who like to talk with their hands.  Sports.....well forget them without fingers.  So while we're at it let's talk about a real live man thing involving fingers.  Truthfully, aren't we prone at times to offer what is known as the "one finger salute?"  Yes, the finger can get us in trouble if we let it.

           While on the subject of the finger, before I came into a loving relationship with our Lord, I had always that God was somehow "out there" keeping score on me.  I could picture this invisible Him pointing his finger at me while saying "gotcha." Or, just as bad--"do this, or do that....or else."  It's just how I felt.  Kind of like this:

 

 

           As our spiritual journey progresses, we come to learn that there really isn't any finger pointing going on don't we?  We start to learn, appreciate, and love to hear that we matter so much to God, that He loves us beyond our limits of understanding.  We also learn that all he wants is us.  We find that he is patient beyond comprehension as we live our lives, waiting for us to come to Him.  What a wonderful feeling it becomes when we finally realize that it's not the finger pointing at us that bothers us, but rather that we have been ignoring the finger beckoning us and we accept that finger.  This one:

 

 

 

Bottom Line Thought:  Have you yielded to the finger beckoning you to Him?