I WAS PLAYING WITH A LOADED GUN

I WAS PLAYING WITH A LOADED GUN

Yes it was true. As I taught the students of CDM Bible School in Nkwanta recently on LUST AND ITS EFFECTS, I came across a statement that took me to my childhood.

The author of the handout I was using made this powerful statement. He said “PLAYING WITH LUST IS LIKE PLAYING WITH A LOADED GUN”.

Many years ago, probably 27 years ago I had a minor accident on my hand. What happened?

It was the time where young people had wooden boards made in the form of a gun. With a little carpentry skills a friend could help you get that.

We went on to tie little exhaust pipes on our wooden guns. From there we used the top of our match sticks as our gun powder.

With the aid of other items like rubbers and little metals you are good to go. On Christmas and new year seasons you are not a real boy if you don’t have this thing.

The irony of this venture also is that to keep your gun  exploding you must consistently have a box of match at your disposal. Oh, how I worried my mother one time about this! She had to buy me a whole pack of matches.

So on this particular day I loaded my gun but when I pulled my trigger a couple of times, it did not give the desired sound. After some time I forgot my aim and started playing with my LOADED GUN. I was  pulling the trigger playfully with the barrel( the little exhaust pipe) of my ‘gun’ pointing at my palm.

Before I could say jack! I heard the sound. Not from my friends gun, not from any other person’s gun but from mine . Hmmm.  To put it lightly I got injured and the pain was so severe.

I WAS PLAYING WITH A LOADED GUN

As my students laughed, I reminded them about the import of the story.

There are times in our lives when we toil with lust and all appearances of evil. We say it doesn’t matter. Sometimes we say things like: I am not the only one doing it, just to justify ourselves.

I have a caution for you: if you don’t stop pampering appearances of evil, it will tamper with your soul. If you don’t stop christening your besetting sins and stop giving them baptismal names, your sin will find you out.

Which loaded gun are you playing with as you read this? Which loaded barrel are you toiling with thinking it does not matter or it depends?  I have written to you young people because you are strong in strength but you need guidance.

Interestingly, PLAYING WITH A LOADED GUN might not have anything to do with sin in your life. For you, it can be just indecision, laziness or fear.

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Whichever way this comes to you, I pray you find your own and fix it quickly.

For the love of God, society and young people

Blessings

Rev. Seth Agbeli Kunkpe

Lasting Impact Ministries

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