A burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around, looking for valuables, and when he picked up a CD player to place in his sack, a strange, disembodied voice echoed from the dark saying, "Jesus is watching you."

He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight out, and froze. When he heard nothing more after a bit, he shook his head, promised himself a vacation after the next big score, then clicked the light on and began searching for more valuables.

Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnect the wires, clear as a bell he heard, "Jesus is watching you."

Freaked out, he shone his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice. Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a parrot.

"Did you say that?" He hissed at the parrot.

"Yep," the parrot confessed, then squawked, "I'm just trying to warn you."

The burglar relaxed. "Warn me, huh? Who in the world are you?"

"Moses," replied the bird.

"Moses?" the burglar laughed. "What kind of people would name a bird Moses?"

"The kind of people that would name a Rottweiler, Jesus."


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How many times do we receive a warning, but not heed that warning? God warns us in ways which we often choose to ignore; typically by speaking to our conscience or by just making us feel uncomfortable.

I remember a night when my mother, brothers and I were planning to sleep under the stars. As we laid under the stars, my mom had uncomfortable feelings and a fear of a snake crawling into the blankets. She made us go into the house. This ended up being a blessing in disguise.

That night a drunk drove into our driveway, hit a corner of the house, slightly damaging the vinyl siding on that corner, and then getting his car stuck in the yard. Our neighbor ran him off, leaving his car. He returned early the next morning and our neighbor helped him get his car out. Our neighbor was unaware he had hit our house til we talked later that day. After our discussion we discovered that the car was stuck just a few feet from where we would have been sleeping. We were saved by mom’s uncomfortable feelings.

Jesus was definitely watching us that night, and warned us so we would seek shelter even though we were unaware that there was truly something to fear. We were completely oblivious to the events which occurred outside our house that night while being tucked in tightly to the security of our house.

2 Kings 6:10 -- The king of Israel sent to the place about which the man of God had told him; thus he warned him, so that he guarded himself there, more than once or twice.

Ezekiel 33:1-7 -- God has placed more serious warnings in His Holy Scriptures. We must take heed if we expect to avoid the dangers and hazards of disobedience to the commandments of God.

 

Remember “JESUS IS WATCHING YOU and watching over you”. He sees the good we do and the wickedness which we do...He whispers to your heart not to follow the wicked thought that Satan plants to make us fail.