Fred and Bill were having their weekly round of golf at the Land o’ Sky Golf Course. As they were walking down the fairway on the long par-five number six hole, a funeral procession drove by them along River Road. Fred paused and took off his golf hat, held it over his heart and stood motionless, watching the cars drive slowly by with their lights on. Bill was touched. He didn’t know Fred was so religious or sensitive. He walked up to him and said, “That was a nice thing to do, Fred. Was that somebody you knew?”
“Yes,” Fred said, wiping away a tear as he pulled a four wood from his bag, “she was my wife. We would have been married twenty-eight years today, if she’d have lived.”
The obvious conclusion is this: Here’s a man who loved his sport much more than he loved his wife. The thing that really had his affection and time was the golf course, and not his family. It really isn’t funny, is it?
Let’s think of this in spiritual terms. How many of life’s activities come before God in your life? Could it be that idolatry has you by the throat? The Apostle Peter sent this warning out to all the early churches:
1 Peter 4:3
For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the Gentiles choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.
Psalm 106:3
Blessed are those who keep justice,
And he who does righteousness at all times!
Prioritize your life by putting the things of God first.
Think about it.
Gary