Should Do vs Can Do!

As I sat in the air terminal in an international city, I was startled when a number of Police and Militia ran into the In Transit Area and started locking the doors.  This was happening in other rooms into which I could see.  Since I knew very little of the language I did not know why this was happening.  Plus, these men were not sharing why this was taking place.  Though I did not feel threatened, a thought did run through my mine, “I was scheduled to board my flight shortly and what if the doors were still locked, whould I be able to get on the plane?”  Then I noticed activity outside and could see men running to another area of the airport.  What is happening? 

Shortly, the Police came back through our area and unlocked the doors.  Everything settled back to normal.  It seemed that someone the Government was looking for had landed in a private plane but it turned out not to be the individual they thought it might have been.

So, I boarded my flight and continued on my journey.  We sometimes consider a situation such as this as a “bump in the road.” 

As I mulled this over in my mind I realized that there will always be “bumps in the road” in life.  And man has always tried to smooth out these bumps with the best man can accomplish through man’s ability apart from Creator God.  Our world is in the condition it is because man has told God to ‘get lost.’  Just today I learned of a woman who has worked in a medical clinic for 30 years who was told that the cross she wears on a necklace is harmful to the patients and it must be removed.   

Dr. Francis A. Schaeffer had it right when he said, “When man loses the moral imperative of what man should do, all man is left with is what man can do!”