Flashlight at High Noon
IllustrationAnalogy★★★★ON A hot summer day, here in Dallas, Texas, what good does a flashlight do? At high noon when the sun is at its peak, it is shining bright. To turn on a flashlight when you have sunlight is to depend on the inferior rather than the superior. To go to a palm reader when you’ve got access to the heavenly Father is to go to the inferior rather than the superior. To call the psychic network, or to have a tarot card reading, is to turn on a flashlight when you’re under the sunlight. It is to pay money for something you can have for free.
The point
Using a flashlight at noon in Dallas sunshine is pointless—as pointless as consulting psychics and tarot readers when the heavenly Father is available.
Scripture
Matthew 6:25Matthew 7:7
Audience
Adults
Tone
Convicting · Logical
To tell aloud
under a minute · 107 words