Friar Tuck's Occasional Wisdom

Eventually, we will all submit to the Lord. While we may enjoy human autonomy for this short season called “life”, eventually we all fade away like mist in sunlight and end up at the judgment seat of Christ. There, every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord. The wise submit to God while the conscious choice is still available. Those brought to their knees after the breath of life has left them will not fare as well. Today would be a great day to repent and kneel at the foot of the cross. -- Friar Tuck’s Occasional Wisdom

Becoming and being a Christian is not just about having a “change of heart”. It’s about getting a whole new heart. Jesus didn’t die on the cross so we could take some spiritual medication to improve our old heart. He died so we could get a new heart via a heart transplant. And the heart we get is His. Christ died so we could live with His heart. When we are finally ready to accept that, Jesus will put His heart into us. Let Him do the surgery. -- Friar Tuck’s Occasional Wisdom   

The enemy that conquered King David didn’t have mighty strength or superior numbers. His greatest foe did not stand nine feet tall or wear heavy armor. Actually, she wore nothing at all as she bathed on a rooftop in David’s line of sight. On that fateful day, David’s eyes were bigger than his righteousness, and he crumbled to the ground like Goliath had done years before… slain by a single stone from the internal slingshot of Lust. Our greatest enemies almost always lie within. -- Friar Tuck’s Occasional Wisdom