Christian Corrosion
Tuesday morning, Jim and I got up early and went out to camp Ida to retrieve some flowers that had been planted for the summer camp season. While we were there, my battery decided that it didn’t want to work anymore. Since Jim had driven there separately, we hooked up my battery cables (that I always carry with me) and boosted the minivan. It started up and I got back to New Boston. The battery was under a five-year warranty and still had two years left on it, so I took it to be tested. The test came back “good.” Now, why did my battery die? The auto-store salesperson said, “Corrosion may be preventing it from getting a good connection.” So, I took the battery home, cleaned it up, and reconnected it. Things seemed to work just fine.
Sometimes, like my battery, our Christianity can become “corroded.” When we allow the world to influence us to watch its video propaganda, listen to its music, act and dress like it does, then we will become corroded with its influence. This will drain us of true life, and we may find ourselves not “starting” very well one morning due to depression, stress, and apathy. What is the solution? We’ve got to clean out the corrosion, sharpen up our connections with others, and get the spark going again. How do we do that? We need to cut out the worldly activities and get more in touch with our brothers and sisters in Christ, attend more church events, and put spiritual talk into our family life. Jesus said, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).