We all have the bad tendency to want one more than we have right now. Most of the time it backfires. 

There is something in our brains that tells us to go for it, one more time. 

Sometimes when I’m collecting the garbage in the house, I get to the last trash can, look at my garbage bag, then at the waste container, and think it will all fit in. Then I promptly spill half the contents of the trash can on the floor. 

The bag couldn’t hold it all, but I wanted to get just one more thing in there. 

The other day after hockey, I wondered if I should get my skates sharpened before the next game. But then I thought, “I’ll have to make a special trip to my skate sharpener guy.” So I convinced myself I should be able to get one more skate out of this sharpening. 

I do this in so many areas of my life – just one more; I can fit this in too. 

Have you ever had to carry several things from the car to your house? You think to yourself, “I can take it all in one trip.” 

You start by strategically slinging your computer bag over your shoulder, You dangle a plastic bag from one hand, and then grab a box – no, two boxes – with both hands. 

“This will save me time”, you think … except that second box starts shifting, which starts a chain reaction of things moving. 

Your computer bag slips from your shoulder; the plastic bag starts to stretch past its capacity. And that top box keeps slipping until it falls. 

You end up having to make a second trip to go back and pick up what fell. 

You tried to carry one more thing than you should have. 

It’s alway that one extra thing that puts you over the top to disaster. 

Sometimes radio stations have call in contestants to games they play. In one game the caller chooses whether or not they want open a money vault.

The first couple of vaults open and there is money in them. The caller tries again, and finds there’s money in that one too. As a result, he responds, “Let’s go again” and his winnings increase once more. 

But now he’s opened four vaults, and you know there is going to be a locked vault coming up soon, denying him of all his winnings. 

Through the radio, you plead with the contestant to stop there. He hums and haws while you reason with him from the privacy of your car. He asks the radio host how much he’s won so far. 

By now you are screaming at your radio, “Stop! and take the money” … but the contestant says, “Let’s open one more vault.” 

It’s locked. You knew it; everyone listening on the radio knew it. But the caller just wanted one more. 

Well, I decided I could get one more game out of my skates the other day. I should have gotten them sharpened. All game I kept slipping around the ice.

I should not have gone for one more. 

Here’s the thing: At Christmas time we hear about how God loves us and how He sent Jesus, His son, to save us from our sin and separation from God. Every year we hear the same story, told in different ways, from different angles. This year don’t think you can wait one more year before you make a decision to place your faith in Jesus. You never know when that “one more” will end up being too late. Make a decision for Christ today. 

That’s Life!

Paul

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