Repentance is an interesting thing. It sometimes requires an equally interesting or unusual catalyst. Sometimes what appears to be a terrible occasion can turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.

Ever lose a job and then an amazing door opens?

Ever go through a terrible ordeal in which something you had done, whether intentional or not, has come back to bite you? And then suddenly you realize, you’ve been giving your loyalty to the wrong thing, the wrong people, the wrong goals the entire time?

Sometimes it takes a catalyst, a “wake-up call” in order for us to re-assess our priorities and realize where our true loyalties must lie.

Our scripture today has an important lesson to teach us about just that kind of loyalty.

But before we talk about our scripture for today, o…