The Bend In Our Hearts

Every person’s heart is bent toward misusing whatever authority is granted to them.   #daybydaylw   Interested in learning more about becoming a devoted follower of Christ? Go to follow.lifeword.org!   ~~~   Some of you may be sitting here today thinking, “I am glad I am not the king and have to deal with all this power trip stuff.” Or you may be thinking, “My boss sure needs to hear this.” No, that is not right. You need to hear this and I need to hear this. Every person present must take heed lest he or she fall. You see, the reality is that all of our hearts our bent towards abusing and misusing whatever power and authority we have, or that we perceive to have or that we want to have. We all can minimize people down to tools or objects. We can all be fooled into thinking that we are safe in our sin because of our power. But you will not be. You will be found out.