Thinking about the Tragedy at Sea World this week. “My condolences to the family and friends of the Young lady that was drowned by the Orca. It is unbearable to think how early her life was lost. “
I have taken my wife and girls to that same location a couple of times, we love the “Shamu” show! If you have not seen it live you owe it to yourself, it is breath taking! People taming, interacting and acting with these magnificent animals is an unreal experience. However there is a phrase always playing in the back of my mind, “Killer Whale”. It is after all a “Killer Whale” it got that name somehow.? The animal is genetically designed to be a hunter. You can’t be mad at the animal without being mad at nature. The wild and unpredictable nature of what some call, “The greatest hunter on the planet”, is something that would be un-natural and impossible to “Tame”.
The thought leads me to sit in the stadium of human nature and order popcorn and a coke and study/ponder the plight of many people who for some reason believe “they” can tame, interact and act with the “Greatest Hunter of Men” with no repercussion or harm.
The animal in this arena is no Orca! This animal has taken more people down to the cold blackness than any other beast on the earth! This animal is SIN! I know that it looks beautiful for the Bible says that, “Sin gives pleasure for a season” (Heb 11:25), and it may be fun “now”, but it will turn on you when you least expect it and destroy you in a moments notice. As we in the stands scream in horror and pray for your safety. Why do we stay in the pool of the world with the “Beast” for so long? Becoming too familiar with the waning joy that it brings and the sense of pleasure and Freedom it erroneously induces. All the while thinking that you are going to be the exception to the rule!? Until the day you realize that sin has been faithful to it’s nature, and given you what is in it’s genetic make up to give.......Death...(Rom 6:23)
I have taken my wife and girls to that same location a couple of times, we love the “Shamu” show! If you have not seen it live you owe it to yourself, it is breath taking! People taming, interacting and acting with these magnificent animals is an unreal experience. However there is a phrase always playing in the back of my mind, “Killer Whale”. It is after all a “Killer Whale” it got that name somehow.? The animal is genetically designed to be a hunter. You can’t be mad at the animal without being mad at nature. The wild and unpredictable nature of what some call, “The greatest hunter on the planet”, is something that would be un-natural and impossible to “Tame”.
The thought leads me to sit in the stadium of human nature and order popcorn and a coke and study/ponder the plight of many people who for some reason believe “they” can tame, interact and act with the “Greatest Hunter of Men” with no repercussion or harm.
The animal in this arena is no Orca! This animal has taken more people down to the cold blackness than any other beast on the earth! This animal is SIN! I know that it looks beautiful for the Bible says that, “Sin gives pleasure for a season” (Heb 11:25), and it may be fun “now”, but it will turn on you when you least expect it and destroy you in a moments notice. As we in the stands scream in horror and pray for your safety. Why do we stay in the pool of the world with the “Beast” for so long? Becoming too familiar with the waning joy that it brings and the sense of pleasure and Freedom it erroneously induces. All the while thinking that you are going to be the exception to the rule!? Until the day you realize that sin has been faithful to it’s nature, and given you what is in it’s genetic make up to give.......Death...(Rom 6:23)
