Consequence
I’m a cop.
By the nature of my exsistence, I deal with consequence … usually dealing it out. My exsistence has a devine pupose and ordination according to Paul (Romans 13). I am a servant of GOD, commissioned by HIM to bring evil-doers to justice. To resist me is to resist the very ordinance of GOD (Romans 13:2).
But that doesn’t stop some poeple.
I was recently assigned to a US Marshal’s fugtive task force that was tasked with tracking down and arresting several felony fugitives. Bad guys on the run … a game I’ve played alot. We tracked one fugitive to a neighborhood home and knocked on the door. Before our team of seven could surround the house, the fugitive jumped out a back window and sprinted off through the back yard. By the time we reached the back fence, he had already cleared the neighboring back yard fence and was quickly progressing to the next fence in line.
Keep in mind that I am 15 years senior to this fugitive and 35 pounds heavier because of all the gear I’m wearing. To get a mental picture, imagine a moose chasing a gazell.
The fugitive finally lost steam and hid in a back yard storage shed a few streets over. This well built 10×10 shed was a miniature house, with one window and one metal door, which he quickly dead-bolted upon entering. Seven (tired) cops quickly surround the shed and announce for the fugtive to come out.
No answer.
We knew he was inside the shed. He knew … we knew he was inside the shed. Yet he refused to come out or even talk. He was caught. No escape. Did he hope that we would just give up and leave? Maybe he thought we would forget he was in there? Did he reason that if we could not see him, we could not know that he was inside?
When it comes down to it, there was no reason or logic behind his actions at all. His destiny with consequence awaited him outside that door and he did not want to face it. Worse, it would not go away. He was going to jail whether he came out … or we went in. There was no escaping consequence.
After short “aggressive” negotiations, the fugitive came out of the shed and was arrested. All that running, fighting, and avoiding his destiny with consequence was useless. In the end, he went to jail.
We are all sinful, broken, unclean. And although there is a bandage (Jesus) for it, there is NO CURE. The damage has already been done and we all face a consequence …
Death.
There is no escaping GOD’s consequence. You can’t out run it. You can’t hide in a shed and hope it goes away. It is GOD’s agent of justice. (Romans 5:12)
Want some advice? DON’T RUN!
Turn and stare death straight in the face, with courage. Follow in the footsteps of the MAN who stared down death couragously and was victorious over it. Live your life according to HIS guidlines. Accept the after-death pardon HE is offering. Eternal life (Romans 6:23)
Consequence – unescapable
Death – unavoidable
Jesus – unstoppable
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