Empty Wrapped Boxes
Analogy★★★★ONE YEAR at Christmastime, my wife wanted some wrapped boxes to use for decoration. She took eight empty boxes and had them wrapped to use as a decoration at our front door. Those boxes sat in the front of our house, impeccably wrapped, topped with bows, and empty. I didn’t worry at all about a thief coming and stealing any of those wrapped boxes on the outside of our house. There wasn’t anything in there!
A lot of folks are well wrapped but there’s nothing going on in the inside. Unfortunately today, many people don’t want to be truly blessed; they just want to be well wrapped. True, authentic Christian living starts on the inside and the evidence of that life works its way out.
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The point
Beautifully wrapped but empty decorative boxes picture people who look impressive outwardly yet lack real spiritual substance within.
The lesson
Don't just look good on the outside; have a real relationship with Jesus that fills your heart and life.