Being comfortable in your Skin

This morning I was reading a story about the frog. The cold blooded amphibian was put into a cauldron of water which was being slowly heated. The frog adjusted to the temperature of the water and slowly died as the water reached boiling point.

This got me thinking.. we are God's vessels put on this earth to fulfill a purpose and we can fulfill this purpose by the way we live - talk and leave imprints on the lives of people who see us. Do we get so used to the temperature / standards of this world, that we forget the standards set by the Word of God on how we should conduct our lives. We then end up dying in sin. Our souls slowly wither away and drift from the ways of the Lord, just like the frog adjusting to the temperature of the water.

What we need to do is to stand up and stand out to make a difference. We need to move out, jump out and stand for the principles / standards set by God for our lives on this earth.

Am I a thermostat or a thermometer?? I pray that God would always keep me so alert that I would be willing to turn back, to jump out, to stand out and make an impact, leave an imprint on at least one life on this earth.