No sermonizing ... Just food for thought.
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It was of pioneers who were making their way across one of the central
states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They
traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily
slow. One day they were horrified to note a long line of smoke in the west,
stretching for miles across the prairie, and soon it was evident that the
dried grass was burning fiercely and coming toward them rapidly. They had
crossed a river the day before but it would be impossible to go back to
that before the flames would be upon them. One man only seemed to have
understanding as to what could be done. He gave the command to set fire to
the grass behind them. Then when a space was burned over, the whole company
moved back upon it.
As the flames roared on toward them from the west, a little girl cried out
in terror, "Are you sure we shall not all be burned up?" The leader
replied, "My child, the flames cannot reach us here, for we are standing
where the fire has been!" What a picture of the believer, who is safe in
Christ!
In His Service,
Allen R. Cook
Sr. commander, outpost#31
Belton, MO
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