Me: Nice boat Prodigal!
Prodigal: I am about to take a sea voyage.
Me: One story before you go about another type of voyage.
This story was found in Tim Chester’s book You Can Change
In Greek mythology, the Sirens would sing enchanting songs, drawing sailors irresistibly toward the rocks and certain shipwreck. Odysseus filled his crew’s ears with wax and had them tie him to the mast. This is like the approach of legalism. We bind ourselves up with laws and disciplines in a vain attempt to resist temptation. Orpheus, on the other hand, played such beautiful music on his harp that his sailors ignored the seduction of the Sirens’ song. This is the way of faith. The grace of the gospel sings a far more glorious song than the enticements of sin, if only we have the faith to hear its music.
Let me hear the faith of YOUR music today Lord! Let my focus be on you!
Deuteronomy 10:12-13
And now, Israel, what does the LORD you God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I am commanding you today for your good.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
