Like a Toddler on a Leash | Praise Podcast - Christian Podcasting Network

Have you ever seen harried parents holding onto their kids by a toddler leash? Tune in for a spiritual analogy . . .

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00:00:01 --> 00:00:05 Have you ever seen harried parents holding onto their kids by a toddler leash?

00:00:06 --> 00:00:08 Tune in for a spiritual analogy.

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00:00:24 --> 00:00:28 Momo 634, motivational moments just for today.

00:00:44 --> 00:00:48 I've mentioned a couple of times that my mom called me a hippie.

00:00:48 --> 00:00:49 Of course,

00:00:49 --> 00:00:55 she's the one that was in the car with me during the summer of love when everyone

00:00:55 --> 00:01:00 flocked to the Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco and called the house across from

00:01:00 --> 00:01:02 ours the hippie house.

00:01:03 --> 00:01:04 But I digress.

00:01:05 --> 00:01:10 My point is I have some rather crunchy parenting ideas.

00:01:11 --> 00:01:16 I can only speak for myself, but I've never really been a fan of toddler leashes.

00:01:17 --> 00:01:24 I get the concept and why some who imitate the spawn of Houdini might be wrestled into one.

00:01:25 --> 00:01:28 But optics-wise, it's a dignity thing.

00:01:29 --> 00:01:35 Keeping a kid alive takes precedence, however, and thus you often see the leash.

00:01:36 --> 00:01:42 So, listening to the hymn, Hand in Hand with Jesus, it struck me.

00:01:44 --> 00:01:48 I am that toddler in dire need of a leash.

00:01:49 --> 00:01:51 Jesus wants me to hold on to him,

00:01:51 --> 00:01:55 and I'm looking around at all the shiny objects like a slippery,

00:01:56 --> 00:01:57 crazed squirrel.

00:01:58 --> 00:02:04 John 17 talks a lot about how the disciples were in the world, but not of the world.

00:02:05 --> 00:02:09 It tells us that none were lost to this world except the one who betrayed Jesus.

00:02:11 --> 00:02:14 But Jesus wasn't going to be there to hold their hands anymore.

00:02:15 --> 00:02:22 However, he promised the Holy Spirit would come and guide them into all truth through the word.

00:02:24 --> 00:02:27 The lesson for us is that studying the word

00:02:28 --> 00:02:29 is like that toddler leash.

00:02:31 --> 00:02:37 The world sees the Bible as a bunch of do's and don'ts, restrictive rules to curb our fun.

00:02:39 --> 00:02:46 What it really is, is a lifeline, tethering us to God, who is our protector.

00:02:47 --> 00:02:53 The last verse of John chapter 2 tells us that Jesus knew the hearts of men.

00:02:55 --> 00:03:02 As Psalm 119.11 tells us, keeping his word in our hearts will keep us on the right path.

00:03:03 --> 00:03:06 That in fact, his word is a lamp for our path.

00:03:06 --> 00:03:12 2 Timothy 2.15 says that we are to study to show ourselves approved,

00:03:13 --> 00:03:18 workers who are not ashamed and who correctly handle the word of truth.

00:03:20 --> 00:03:26 And of course, James 4.8 tells us to draw near to God, and he will draw near to us.

00:03:28 --> 00:03:30 So yes, hold on.

00:03:30 --> 00:03:39 Our meme for today says, God's word is not a leash, it's a lifeline.

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