SETTLING
FOR SOCKS

Topics: Accepting Christ; Behavior; Change; Conduct; Contentment; Desires; Eternal Life; Experiencing God; Foolishness; Knowing God; New Life; Prosperity

References: Ezekiel 11:19; Romans 6:6–7; 1 Corinthians 5:7; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 4:22–24; 1 Peter 1:22–23

Thelma and Victor Hayes won more than $7 million in 2005 in Canada. When asked what the couple, who were then age eighty-nine, would do with the money, they said that at this stage of life they were unlikely to become “giddy high spenders.” They planned to stay put in their retirement home.

Victor Hayes planned to buy a Lincoln Town Car, but his wife simply wanted a new pair of nylons. Her response was widely reported as comical, if not foolish. How could someone win a fortune and change nothing but her nylons?

In the same way, how can those who have won the spiritual grand prize of eternal life not live in a way that is consistent with being a new creation in Christ?

—John Beukema, “Lottery Winner Only Wants New Nylons,” PreachingToday.com