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"Humor, but
Truth!..... On The Lighter Side"
"Humpty
Dumpty Christians"
Remember the nursery rhyme about Humpty Dumpty who sit
on a wall?
"Humpty
Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty
Dumpty had a great fall,
All
the King's horses and all the King's men,
couldn't
put Humpty
back
together again."
Does
that bring back memories, or what?
Do we have any
"Humpty Dumpty Christians" in Churches today?
Sure, we all know some, or maybe have been one at some time in
our life. Hummmmmm.....Something to think about here!
Sometimes they are not recognized until they have a
great fall.
I know you are
wondering what 'Humpty' has to do with Christians, or maybe
why I didn't select something like, "Mary Had a Little
Lamb", or maybe "Little Boy Blue" with the
sheep in the meadow and cows in the corn; instead of Humpty
Dumpty? Maybe those rhymes will be next, LOL. As this
particular poem relates, not one person could put
"Humpty" back together again. Now that was bad
news (even in a fairy tale)! Can we help put those
who fall back together again?
Christians are to
be "watchers of the wall" and stand in the gap for
souls. We are to help guard and keep the enemy away from
the Lord's Camp. We must recognize the enemy is not
flesh and blood. We are in real warfare with spiritual
powers and must be on guard, however;
we are not
to be only "watchers",...We are
not just called to "watch and stay",
but.......also
be helpers and "watch and pray". If or when a
"Humpty Dumpty" Christian falls, there is no earthly
person who can put them back together again. We notice
all the 'King's horses and all the King's men' could not help
poor ole Mr. "Dumpty", our little make-believe
friend. All one can do to help spiritually is "just
point the way to God" How can we do this?
Only by God's Word and his Spirit empowering us to point the
way and also pray.
Only our
"King of Kings" can mend the fallen, help the
wounded, and heal the broken hearted. Those around
who see a soul restored or a *"cracked pot" put
back together again as a vessel of honor can say, "look
what the Lord has done!" It is 'mercy in motion'
when God moves in.
We have heard some denominations referred to as "hard
shell", lol, but haven't we seen "hard
shells" in all Churches? LOL., I believe we have.
O. K., I know, most prefer to be called, "sunny side
up" ,but being as we are "on the "lighter
side" today", we can get away with a little
"egg-tra" humor.
Have you ever felt
like or been a Humpty Dumpty Christian? If so, join the
crew. You also know that the Lord can take brokenness
and make everything new again. Seriously, there is no
fracture too "faulty", no brokenness "too
bad", and no suffering soul without saving hope of a
Savior. Ever been there? I wonder how
many of us came from the same dozen? LOL...All the way
from "fragile to faithful" in the basket of the
Lord. Then if we will obey, the promise is "blessed
shall be your basket and blessed shall be your store."
Deu. 28: 5. That's one more good promise !
Many Christians
are just like Humpty, who was pictured as "an egg".
We see him in his bow tie with his 'cute little hat' perched
on top of his funny looking egg-shaped body. With his
stocking legs and cute smiling face, he looks all safe and
secure....... until He has a great fall!
What was Humpty
happily doing before he fell? He appears to be
"just sitting." Is it the same way today in
Churches across the land or not? Many are watching as
the World goes by, keeping guard from the high "Towers of
Truth". You don't hear these singing as David
the Psalmist, "I have run through a troop and leaped
over a wall by you O Lord". Many are too busy
sitting on the walls of safety instead.
Many are just waiting for the Lord to come back.
Instead
of working..... they are waiting.
Instead
of "walking......they are talking",
Instead
of "dining......they are whining"
And
instead of "trying...they are sighing."
Instead
of "feeding.... they are feuding",
Instead
of "praying...... they are playing".
And.... instead of really "trying,
most of these actually.... are dying"!!!
Eventually this
type will fall, unless they are revived by the hand of the
Lord. The Church is not to be a "Waiting Room for
the Saints" to camp in but an E. R. room or Spiritual
ICU for sin sick sinners. God is in the healing business
and has never had one single unsuccessful "heart
transplant" (spiritual that is), to this day! We
are called to be spiritual EMT's and have the best manual and
teacher of all, He is the Word! Jesus is the Greatest
Physician of ALL! And a benefit is that the fee has
already been paid in full! Do we ever get it
backwards or not? Many of us can look back on
"whining days" as we sing, "He brought me
Out" and "now I can shout" or.... "He
set me free" and "now I can see".
Many have been in
their positions for years climbing the ladder of "so
called spiritual success". Just as they near the
top of their religious ladders with a great sigh of relief,
many are surprised to find they placed it on the wrong side of
the wall.... and have a great fall! Our Lord is as a
wall of fire around us and without a "spark" you
will never get a fire of zeal going.
Don't place your
spiritual ladders away from the fire of the Lord.
His fire is to purify and cleanse from the inside out.
If you place it in the "comfort zone" you will never
experience the "throne zone". Now we all want
those blessings from the throne, but trials by the fire
of God move us closer to the real Throne room of God.
We must make sure we are on the right side and all on the same
team going through Jesus.
Although
Christians are not made as Humpty, (in the form of an
"egg"); *well, most aren't anyway, (*smile);
they do have an "ego". This can also be
"self" or "self-ish" and be just as
fragile as an eggshell. At the least little pressure of
life, some tend to crack and are subject to a fall unless they
allow the Lord to repair them fast! Once a shell,
(flesh), suffers the cracks of 'hurt feelings and
disappointments', it begins to weaken. Ouch!, too many
unrepaired cracks and before long, look out! If
one does not let the Lord work on the inside to repair the
outside, before long the weight of the burdens on the outer
shell sends "egos", tumbling down in despair.
Can God use
"cracked pots" or "broken vessels" again?
Sure He can if one allows Him to do so. He is a God who
mends broken things as He is in the Restoration business.
The Bible is full of stories where He remade, restored, and
revived the broken. Then He sent these forth to pick
up others who may have fallen and bring them to Him for
repair. He is in the business of restoring instead of
tossing out what others consider useless or unwanted.
Cracked vessels who have been broken cannot contain the hidden
treasures of the Lord. God can remake every vessel into
one of honor.
To avoid being a
Humpty Dumpty Christian, we must let the Lord change us from
the inside out. Our heart is to be purified and Jesus,
who is pure gold, will live within. He is to be in the
center. Now if we are being compared to an egg, we must
have the right kind of yoke! If we are crushed, we need
to make sure Jesus is what flows out from us. If He is
the "yoke" we are joined to and lives within,
we will be safe when hit by the forces of the enemy. Our
outer shell, (flesh), must be crucified with Christ.
As some have said, "you can't hurt a dead man".
We die to sin and are a new person, no longer walking in the
flesh. Our flesh may be wounded, but Jesus bore our sorrows.
Being crucified with Christ protects us from fatal blows
of the enemy. It is no longer us that live, but Christ
that lives in and through us.
I suppose a better
example today might have been, "Jack be nimble, Jack be
quick, Jack jumped over the Candlestick." :o) Now
in some Christian circles this would be much more interesting
or maybe more "egg-citing". To be joyful
is great, however, we don't have to jump over our own
candlesticks.
Truth is, we need
to lift our lights up high and let them shine for Jesus.
Others are to see and glorify our Father which is in heaven.
We need to lift Him up more and let others see Jesus exalted
by walking in the Spirit of the Lord. He will provide
all we need when we don't have it. If he provided a ram
in the bush at exactly the right time and saved Abraham's Son,
we know he will provide for us as "sons and
daughters" and save the day. We must
"only trust Him".
The twelve tribes
were "one dozen" that God loved in spite of their
faults and failures. Just as He gave promises to them,
He also gives us promises. The Disciples were
"another dozen" chosen. These gave the
"sunny side" good news of the Gospel to the Nations.
Only one was broken, who was not repaired, and this was Judas
who would not allow the Lord to remake Him. He was the so
called "bad egg" of the bunch. As a result, He
suffered loss.
The rest of these
"egg-tra-ordinary" guys were no "over
easy" or "light" in their preaching and
teaching once remade by the Master. Peter might have
appeared to be somewhat 'fickle' at times, ready to deny and
run; but when Jesus got through with him, He was a powerhouse
of truth yoked to the Lord. Doubting Thomas appeared to
be a little "hard boiled" when he had to see to
believe, but Jesus said he was also blessed! We
can't be too hard on him as we are the same today with gospel
truths. These, with the exception of Judas, became
"the dedicated dozen." We also
have to get off the spiritual roller coasters of "ups and
downs" and get stable in Jesus.
That's just a few
thoughts on "the Humpty Dumpty Syndrome." If you
ever feel like Humpty Dumpty while watching the rest of the
world go by, make sure to let Jesus arise from within.
If you see others in "egg-ony", in dire need of
repair; take Jesus to them. He has all the 'egg-tra'
time in the world and is just waiting to help whosoever will
call on Him. We are called to be his followers and lead
others into the way of truth. May we be about the
Father's Business today and always.
Have a blessed,
'sunny-side up' kind of day with Jesus,
Jo Ann
J.P.'s
Inspirations (c) 2001
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