• One morning on their way to school a group of young boys was walking past a home with a large iron gate. Michael thought he would provide a bit of humor for the group and decided to put his arms and head through the gate and said, "Look at me! My head and hands are on one side of the gate but my heart and body are on the other side."
• Before he could get his head and hands out of the gate, one of his friends slammed the gate and Michael Faraday was badly hurt. He overcame his injuries and became one of the most influential scientists in history for his contributions in the field of electromagnetism.
• Later in life he said, "That experience taught me one thing: My heart, head and hands should always be on the same side."
• This great scientist explained an important truth: there is a path that flows from the heart to the head and from the head to the hands. Simply stated, what begins in our heart usually grows, and in one way or another, spreads outward and ends up dominating the way we live and what we live for.
• God's Word reminds us that we must "not let any part of our body become a tool of wickedness." So, when our eyes are enticed to look at objects that may lead to temptation and sin, we must immediately look to Him to "deliver us from evil."
• Prayer: Help us, Lord, to realize that sin has a way of beginning with an innocent glance that can lead to everlasting destruction. May we keep our eyes on You. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
• Scripture for Today: Romans 6:12-14: 2 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
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