As I was sitting in the waiting area getting my tire repaired at Belle Plaine Coop Tire I picked up this book “Lemons: The World’s Worst Cars” and it had the stories and pictures of cars from the past that turned out to be not so great.
It included flying cars that eventually crashed, the Pontiac Fiero, the 80’s GM diesel engines, little Hondas, Fiats, Volvos, Pacers, Pintos, Gremlins and a lot more. If a car buyer could have had that info 30 years ago it would have been really helpful.
The book had a chapter claiming some of the cars became lemons because of flaws, shortcuts and carelessness in their manufacturing process. Got me thinking that the same thing can happen in our lives when we are careless. Don’t give into the temptation to lazily live outside of God’s perfect plan and process. Someday we will have to give account for our lives, passions, pursuits, and priorities. Will God be able to commend us for our reliability? Our stability? And our durability?
See 1 Cor 3:10-23 below
1 Corinthians 3:10–23 (NLT)
10 Because of God’s grace to me, I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building on it. But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ.
12 Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials—gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw. 13 But on the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a person’s work has any value. 14 If the work survives, that builder will receive a reward. 15 But if the work is burned up, the builder will suffer great loss. The builder will be saved, but like someone barely escaping through a wall of flames.
16 Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? 17 God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
18 Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say, “He traps the wise in the snare of their own cleverness.” 20 And again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise; he knows they are worthless.”
21 So don’t boast about following a particular human leader. For everything belongs to you—22 whether Paul or Apollos or Peter, or the world, or life and death, or the present and the future. Everything belongs to you, 23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
Chris Teien 