Is Your Cat Low on Fuel?

A few years back I was outside doing some yard work with my Dad. The weed eater had been giving us some trouble and in an attempt to get it back in working order my Dad decided we should clean off the spark plug. In order to clean all the grime off, it would need to spend some time soaking in gasoline. To do this, I went and grabbed an empty tuna can from the trash, filled it with gasoline and placed the spark plug inside. I guess even an empty tuna can will get a curious feline's attention.

As we continued working, the neighbors cat made its way over to our driveway to check things out. Next thing I know I'm no longer working, but staring in amazement at this house cat lapping gasoline from this empty can into its mouth. I found myself even more curious than the cat and decided to wait and see what would happen.

The cat drank and drank until finally it decided it had had its fill. It was at this point that the cat began to act awfully strange. It began dashing every which way, jumping up and down our stone retaining wall and back and forth across the yard! This went on for maybe 5 minutes or so until finally the cat stopped in its tracks and fell over on its side. Not knowing what to do I turned to my Dad and asked "is it dead?" After a short chuckle he responded, "No, it just ran out of gas......."

Okay, so that story was entirely fictitious, but what isn't is the lesson it teaches and promise Jesus Christ gives to ALL of us that "if you keep my commandments and endure to the end you shall have eternal life, which gift is the greatest of all the gifts of God."

God wants to give us the best, and the greatest that he has, the gift of eternal life! And just like God wants us to be with him eternally, as does the adversary. Day in and day out we must remain alert in order to avoid the spiritual poison that Satan disguises before us in "cans of tuna." Just as cats do not run on gasoline, we do not run on sin. Keep your spiritual tanks full by following Christ and the commandments He has given to us. Last, but most definitely not least, we must endure to the end! Keep on going until you've made it, until you've received "the greatest of all the gifts of God." I promise it's going to be a whole lot better than finding yourself face down and out of gas in Chris Nicholes' imaginary driveway. It is in enduring obedience that we will receive the best God has to give.