Time to Cut Your Losses

 

Two weeks ago, I changed out three big high intensity lights at church for three LED’s.  The new lights were the same brightness but were smaller, lighter, and cooler to operate.  I changed out the old 900-watt dimmer switches for new 125-watt switches, but made a mess with sheetrock dust all over the floor.  I went to the utility closet for a vacuum cleaner only to find an old machine that barely worked.  The bag was full, the hose was cracked, and the beater bar wrapped with hair and carpet strings.  The beater bar belt was intact, but its driver gear was stripped.  After I cleaned everything, the suction was still minimal.  After an hour of work, the old machine was no nearer to working than when I had started.  We just needed a new vacuum cleaner.  So, I threw away the parts in my trash can at home and threw the chasis into the church dumpster.  Hey, sometimes in life you come to the point where you realize that you are getting nowhere.  What you are doing just isn’t working.  And when you do, it’s time to give up and give in to Jesus Christ.  Jesus knows your past, your current problems, and your future, and it’s time for Jesus to take over.  Jesus said in Matthew 16:25&26, “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”  Hey, cut your losses and trust in Jesus Christ.  You’ll never be sorry that you did.