Stirring The Pot

Back in the mid 80s I worked in a church youth club. As Halloween approached one year the club leaders decided to have a 'Halloween' party for the kids. Being careful not to endorse the pagan holiday and wanting to avoid ghosts, vampires, and witches, the children and leaders were instructed to dress up as Biblical characters.

The supervisor who came up with that guideline must have forgotten about the Old Testament story in which King Saul approaches a witch to obtain guidance from the dead prophet Samuel. The many Biblical references to Satan must have also slipped his mind. Of course back in those days I was much more willing to 'stir the pot'. In this picture you can see my choice of a Biblical character.

This reminds me of a letter that I read a few years ago in one of those 'cute letters that kids write to God' books....

'Dear God, On Holloween I am going to wear a Devil's costume. Is that all right with you? Signed, Marnie'.

Marnie's desire to consult with God before making decisions is an admirable step to take. God is interested in our lives and has a will for mankind. What is that will?

The Bible says that '... as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.' (John 1:12-13)

God wants us to give our lives to Him. It is His will that we become His children. We do that by confessing our sins and trusting that Jesus paid the consequences for our sins, in our place, when He died on the cross for us. As the Apostle Paul says in the book of Romans we must 'confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised him from the dead'. This is the first step in having a relationship with Christ.