About a year ago, my son bought us this automatic kitchen
garbage can. At first, I thought it was
unnecessary, but I soon found out that I had needed an automatic garbage can
for a long time, I just didn’t know it.
When I have dripping eggshells in my right hand and my left hand is
under my right hand catching the drippings on the way to the trash can, and the
trash can opens automatically, I am pleased … and my wife is pleased that I
don’t drip raw egg on the kitchen floor.
But my automatic trash can tends to be overly zealous. When I get Cheerios out of the cabinet near
the trash can, it opens. When I get the
broom from beside the trash can, it opens.
When I get a coffee cup from the shelf above the trash can, it
opens. It doesn’t think, it just
opens. Hey, we should be as ready to
serve the dear Lord as my trash can is ready to open for me! Paul said in Ephesians 6:5, “Servants, be
obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and
trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ.” We should be quick to listen to the boss at
work. We should obey our parents
immediately. And we should be just as
quick to obey the words of Jesus Christ as my trash can is to open for me! Hey, have an automatic trash can attitude
today. I’ll bet you’ve never heard that
admonition before!
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