First Response - Christian

First response. To me that means high priority; first importance; requiring an immediate response. When you're injured, you want to be helped immediately, no? Think how you would feel if someone got a call about your situation and said, "Well, I'm kinda watching a movie right now, can you give about half an hour? Then I'll see to it." What would you do? You would be completely frustrated and upset. Don't they know who you are? Don't they care?

I think we do that sometimes with God -- we put him on hold. When convicted about a sin, we don't respond like we should. We don't admit to what we've done and ask forgiveness. Also, we do it to with our time. When we see a need, we don't always jump up to help. We sit there and think about it, waiting for a more "convenient" time. What a lot of it really boils down to is our own laziness and selfishness interfering by putting us at a crossroads between doing what we should be doing and what we want to be doing.

Too often, we miss out on opportunities and on chances to grow because of the hardness of our hearts. God is waiting to grow us, waiting to use us. But sometimes, we say, "Not now; later, God." What if Christ had been that way? He did all that the Father wanted. Sometimes I wish I had the faith of a leper or a blind man. They knew they needed physical healing. I need to realize the depth to which I need spiritual healing.

We need faith, we need change, we need humility. We need God. Choosing Him is worth it, everytime.

A Poem

Looking back in Retrospect
You learn some things you'd not suspect
Since He was with you all the way;
So in your night you still had Day.

God has led us where we'd been
Floundering - He took us in
And didn't say, "That's it; you're done"
But instead, "You're still my son."
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