The other day, my husband and I went to a restaurant. We sat in the patio by the waterside and just enjoyed the beauty of the day. The ducks in the water promptly waddled to our side. They knew there might be some scraps from our dinner. They were correct. We began tossing bread into the water and the more we threw at them, the more company we had.
It was fascinating hearing the ducks in the water. The more we tossed, the more they quacked. I was amused and told my husband "They are some noisy critters aren't they?" In the midst of the feeding and the quacking, one particular sound stood out...a quack that wanted to be heard. It took a minute but I realized that the quacking I was hearing was not a real duck. You see, I changed my son's ring tone to a quack/duck so that I could readily recognize it. The problem here was that I was so engrossed in the atmosphere and the surroundings that when my son called, it all blended together and I was not able to distinguish his call from the real ducks. My pastor once said "When you step across the line, it affects your hearing."
I became so much a part of my surroundings that it did indeed affect my hearing. My surroundings took me in and I was lost in the moment. It only takes a moment to "drift away" and get swept from what we believe. The enemy, crafty as he is, stands ready to reel us in. While the world may offer a pretty picture, and the sound of the world may be appealing, don't let yourself get caught up in the noise of the world, don't get caught up in the moment. Stand firm. Keep the faith and don't allow yourself to drift away. In doing so, we will be able to know the difference between what is real and what is a quack.
We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, how shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation? Hebrews 2:1-3
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