Tuesday – The Cold Rebel
Focus passage: Hebrews 3:16-19
Read: Psalm 78; Romans 2:5-10; John 12:37-40
On the Discovery Channel program “Man vs. Wild”, Bear Grylls is placed in some remote, isolated location to spend the next 3 to 4 days finding his way back to civilization. He takes very little more than the clothes on his back and a small backpack. The theme of the program is Bear showing how to survive in all types of wilderness, from the high elevations of the Alps, the desert of Africa, to the jungle of Brazil. During one show, Bear is in the high, snow covered mountains. It’s very cold and windy. While trying to find a way down, he comes across a partially frozen stream. He describes how to avoid falling in the ice cold water and talks about the dangers of getting wet in those conditions. Amazingly, to prove these points, he removes his cold weather gear, stripping to his pants and t-shirt and then jumps into the water! He quickly crawls out and stutters through the need to get wet clothes off and warm up. To me, purposefully putting yourself through that kind of suffering is crazy. Bear obviously knows what he’s doing…and he’s also getting paid. What about us? Don’t we sometimes find ourselves in a wilderness trying to find our way out? Unfortunately, many times our wandering is self inflicted just like in Bear’s case. Because of some unbelief and disobedience toward God, rebellion takes us away from God’s intended path and we end up in a ‘wilderness.’
1. From Romans 2, what is the result of disobedience and unbelief?
2. We all rebel against God. Describe a time when you rebelled and found yourself in a wilderness. In what way did you disobey?
3. What did you feel during that time of rebellion?
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