When I was in college I remember hearing a story about how an  eighteen wheeler truck became stuck under a train overpass.  The  maximum height requirements were clearly posted, but for some  reason the driver of the truck tried to make it through and became  stuck.  

The drive tried for quite some time to pull forward or backward, all  with no success.  A wrecker was called in and several attempts were  made to pull the stuck truck loose from both sides.  Still, it  remained firmly pried between underneath the overpass.

The city engineer and several other "experts" arrived on the site and  began discussing options.  They tried everything.  They rigged up  some complicated devices that took into consideration the exact  angle of the vehicle, the pounds of pressure, the amount of friction  and so forth.  They attached ropes, attempted to lift the railing of  the overpass...

...heck, they even put butter on the top of the truck hoping it would  slide out!

All of it was to no avail.  The stuck didn't move an inch.  It was  apparently immovable.

By this time a crowd had gathered as the engineers and workers scratched their heads in discouragement and confusion.  While  everyone stood their puzzled and helpless to solve the problem, a  little girl came forward and asked, "Why don't you just let the air  out of the tires?"

Everyone dropped their jaws in amazement!  Why didn't they think  of that?

They deflated the truck's tires and within minutes it was free from  the overpass.

You know, we could learn alot about our lives in Christ from that  little girl.  Kids have a simple thought process.   They see things in  a different way than we do.  Mostly, things are black and white in  their eyes.  Not real complicated, not analytical, just straightforward   and basic.

Now, don't get me wrong, there is a time for analyzing things and,  certainly, doing things in a logical  manner.  But, too often, as  adults we analyze things to the extreme.  We make things much  more complicated than they really are instead of taking the simple approach.  

Let me give you some examples as it pertains to our lives in Christ.

1. When God leads us to share the Gospel with someone that we  feel uncomfortable sharing with how do we often respond?  Instead  of taking the simple approach by obeying God, our analytical minds  go to work.  What are they going to say?  What if they get mad at  me?  What if it costs me business or my job?  Can I get by with just talking about how good the Lord is to me or do I have to actually  present the Gospel and ask for a decision?  Must I really do it today  or can it wait?

2. What about if we only had $50 until our next payday and the $50  was for groceries, and the Lord lead us to give all of it to a needy  family down the road?  The first thing we would think is, "If I do  that Lord, I'm going to be a needy family!"  We start making things  complicated.  How will I get my groceries?  Can I just give them  $25?  

You see, we often try to analyze things to the extreme.  Let's face it,  sometimes God just doesn't make sense.  God wasn't very logical  when He instructed Joshua to march around Jericho.  The Lord  Jesus dumbfounded His disciples when He told them they would  have to drink of His blood and eat of His flesh.  Very little of the  book of Revelation is crystal clear to even Bible scholars.  

And, yet,  God is infinitely wise.  He is all-knowing.  We would do well to  have a child-like mind that very simply, very basically follows His  instructions, instead of trying to analyze them and make shortcuts  and loopholes in what He tells us to do.

You know, sometimes we are like that truck that I mentioned  earlier.   We are stuck in our ways.  We are stubborn and refuse to  move our position.  We just won't budge an inch.  

Maybe it takes childlike thinking, likewise, to set us loose from the  things which bind us this morning.

Simple.  It's the way a child thinks. 

It's the way a child of God ought to think.

Have a "Wonderful DAY in Christ,"
Jimmy D. Brown
\o/ Praise Jesus!