In the recent Superbowl, Budweiser came up with and advertisement about a group of plane crash survivors stranded on a deserted island. One of them managed to salvage the plane's radio, and there seems to be a glimmer of hope that they can make send out a distress signal and be rescued from the island.
But another guy finds the plane's beverage cart, and it is filled with budweiser beer. And we see the group lose interest in the radio, and start to drink, party and have fun. The beer company probably wanted to emphasize on how beer brings fun and enjoying in the now moment. But I don't think they realise that it also sends a message that beer drinking distracts people from the important things in life. Here being to be rescued off the island.
Similarly in life we can sometimes get distracted by the needs and pleasure of the present moment, and forget about the important thing in life - God and his promise of salvation. The psalms today remind us that sin and distractions cloud our lives that we lose sight or forget about God. The psalmist reminds us of all that God has and is doing for us and all mankind. Let us pray this morning, that our lenten practices of fasting, prayer and almsgiving will help us be in control of our earthly desires, and tune our "radios" to the salvation that God has graced us with.
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Stay tuned for the next post by Bro Cornelius Ching on 27th Feb 2010.
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