Today’s Thought “Old Slogans Gone” G. Ward

James 1:17 “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”

When many of us were growing up and particularly upon departure, there would be another who would yell, “Hey, don’t you take any wooden nickels!” Although many were without the facts relative to the origin of such, we all knew it represented inauthenticity. The world to which we live now frowns on terminology of old, including its practices. Altogether I don’t believe many from our modernity are antagonistic with historical perpetuations (whether sayings or actions), but have become very reliant on something “new and improved”.

The transcendence of our expectations can/have bled onto our lack of interrogating terms of endearment found in Holy God’s word. If we’re not careful, our familiarity jeopardizes the accommodation given us by Christ’s sufficiency (cf. Jn.14:1-3).