What Goes in Must Come Out!

Luke 6:45

⁴⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

                           I once read a true story, and this a little how it went: Amanda* screamed as her kitchen burst into flames. She desperately tried to put the fire out, but it had become too large and was quickly spreading through her kitchen and to the rest of her home. What a mess I’ve created! Amanda said to herself. Not knowing what else to do, she ran to the phone and dialed 911. Beads of sweat began to form on her forehead. The fire department were on their way, but the flames began to spread rapidly. Finding herself trapped in the living room, she hoped they would find her soon. The minutes seemed like hours, when finally she was carried out by a firefighter. “You’re a fortunate young lady. With that kind of fire, you could have easily been killed.” Still, she had lost most of her home to the flames, and it would cost her a large sum of money to repair it all. But what had started such a fire? Amanda was reluctant to say at first, but finally admitted that she had read a story where they had used water, oil, alcohol, and toothpaste to make a magical, powerful potion and she had attempted to make the same potion.

            It seems quite silly that someone would actually do such a crazy thing, but it just shows us that what goes in must come out. The things we read, watch, listen to, all have an impact on our mind. Of course we may not go to the extreme that Amanda did, but the things we put in our minds WILL affect us in the long run. It may be in small, subtle ways, just like sin. Sin usually starts in the small things, but eventually grows into the things that we would have never even imagined doing before. In the same way whatever we put into our minds will show in the long run. If we are watching violent movies, it will eventually show when we are around people. If the music we listen to contains inappropriate language, we will end up speaking like the singer. But it goes the other way as well. If we read the bible, listen to pure music, we can be shaped more into the character of Christ. So fix your eyes upon Jesus, and be made into the same likeness!

Picture Story: This picture is NOT mine… I found it off Google… but I used it because I think it really shows the point.

~Victoria

*Name has been changed