2 Peter 3:17
Therefore, dear friends, since you already know this, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position.
Always, always be on guard.
Therefore, dear friends, since you already know this, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position.
Always, always be on guard.
Satan seeks to discredit, disarm and destroy. He stops at nothing to
reach his intended purpose. Wrapping hideous sin in beautiful packaging
enticing believers to slightly stray, he slowly eases his way into our
lives. Oh, if only sin visibly looked, smelled and tasted as the evil
and wickedness it is... We would not even glance it's way, shielding
ourselves from the decay it contains. Instead, it glimmers and glitters
rushing out emotions in a heady sort of fashion. And we find ourselves
lingering....one touch won't matter, one more word, one more
conversation, one more look.
And as we linger, quite possibly, we find ourselves in a moment in time when all seems better in our world. Conflicts are resolved. We feel our needs being met. Us and our "secret" have found a way to get through the day....and night. Yet unknowingly, the darkness begins to surround us, whispering lies. Telling us that no one will understand. So we hide deeper and deeper..... Until we find ourselves in such a deep, deep pit of wrongness, that the lies become not so unbelievable...no one will understand how we fell this far. Our salvation is secure...our position and testimony of how God can use us in this world is not. And we just wasted it all...for what will eventually lead us to our own destruction.
As we start to pull away, satan wrenches the lies reminding us that there will be no grace or mercy for us....we have fallen to far. Lies that once glittered and filled our self esteem now reek of emotional abuse heaping words of disgrace and disappointment on our lives. We are ashamed....and seemingly all so alone.
Yet the moment, we cry "Jesus", we realize that He was there all along. Protecting us when we started on the blinded path towards destruction. We find that as we shed Light on the darkness, satan's lies become transparent. We find that while we stumbled, we have not fallen from Our Father's mercy. We find grace in love in other believers who will prayerfully walked with us...
We've been given the gift of salvation...firm and secure. Thankfully, that is a gift that God has sealed and that we as humans can't mess up once we accept His gift. Yet, the accountability of our witness here on earth, our character, our Christian walk is a free will choice. Do we spend enough time in God's word, surround ourselves with His presence... Shying from sin at the slightest enticement.
Stay on guard...always.
And as we linger, quite possibly, we find ourselves in a moment in time when all seems better in our world. Conflicts are resolved. We feel our needs being met. Us and our "secret" have found a way to get through the day....and night. Yet unknowingly, the darkness begins to surround us, whispering lies. Telling us that no one will understand. So we hide deeper and deeper..... Until we find ourselves in such a deep, deep pit of wrongness, that the lies become not so unbelievable...no one will understand how we fell this far. Our salvation is secure...our position and testimony of how God can use us in this world is not. And we just wasted it all...for what will eventually lead us to our own destruction.
As we start to pull away, satan wrenches the lies reminding us that there will be no grace or mercy for us....we have fallen to far. Lies that once glittered and filled our self esteem now reek of emotional abuse heaping words of disgrace and disappointment on our lives. We are ashamed....and seemingly all so alone.
Yet the moment, we cry "Jesus", we realize that He was there all along. Protecting us when we started on the blinded path towards destruction. We find that as we shed Light on the darkness, satan's lies become transparent. We find that while we stumbled, we have not fallen from Our Father's mercy. We find grace in love in other believers who will prayerfully walked with us...
We've been given the gift of salvation...firm and secure. Thankfully, that is a gift that God has sealed and that we as humans can't mess up once we accept His gift. Yet, the accountability of our witness here on earth, our character, our Christian walk is a free will choice. Do we spend enough time in God's word, surround ourselves with His presence... Shying from sin at the slightest enticement.
Stay on guard...always.
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