An escort out of town is needed

     It happened during a  basketball game in Southeast Arkansas.  The home team thought they were being cheated by the officials and throughout the night the verbal abuse increased in volume and in content.  One large, burly guy was standing under one of the goals and was more vocal than anyone else in the entire gym.  Finally, one of the officials had all he intended to take.  He stopped the game and informed the superintendent that only after the removal of the fan would the game continue.  The fan was removed from the game.
     The rest of the crowd picked up the tempo in hurling abuse upon the official.  Mercifully, the game was finally over and the official made a hasty exit to the coach's office.  However, the crowd did not leave.  They continued milling around both in the gym and on the outside.  The referee said to the coach, "Do you think we might be able to get the sheriff to come and give us an escort out of town?"
     The coach responded, "I doubt it.  You see that was the sheriff that you had ejected."
     Now, the referee did not know he might need that large burly man when he had him ejected from the gum.  If he had. the ejection would never have taken place.
     After Jesus had cast out the legion of demons from the man in Gadera, the people asked him to depart from their coast.
     It is a sad day, indeed, when a country asks Jesus to depart from their coast.  I am so afraid that we have approached that point in America.  We bar his commandments from public places, prayer to him is forbidden in many numerous public places.  We would even bar him from our public schools.  He made us great as a nation in the past and we will need him if we are to remain great.
     Many an individual ejects him from most of the events in their life.  Take the referee's word--that is not a smart thing to do.  You will need him farther on down the road.