Thoughts for another day
October 10, 2008.
Today's verse: 1 Cor. 7:5b. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. (NIV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)
Do you know, how the devil gets the better of us? A little before we look at it, let me say that the devil is highly experienced in seduction. He has some 5000+ years of experience dealing with humans and is extremely cunning. Imagine how cunning he is because he could seduce two people – Adam and Eve - in doing something bad to the One they were in constant communion with, so what about us?
He attacks us in the area of our greatest weakness. Take for example we love sweets, he will ensure that this love gradually grows to greed and out will spawn sin through it. You will at some time be forced to sin to satiate this greed. This is possible with even a simple act like visiting people…the devil can convert this visit into a time of gossip and character assassination. Leave alone what he can do with some of our other basic instincts! I know because I suffer from the ill effects of the devil’s insinuations.
Although today’s verse is concerned with a man and his wife, we take it in the context I’ve given above because Paul talks of our lack of self-control. No person actually begins with his or her self-control going haywire, but many end up that way. If it’s happened with you, did you lose control because you couldn’t control? No, because at the time of the temptation, there was this strong voice asking you to indulge and you succumbed to it, though at the same time another small voice was asking you to refrain. But the enticement was great. I want to tell you that this enticement is delivered at the doorstep of you mind courtesy the devil. That is why we that Jesus hated sin but loved the sinner because He understood our frailties. Remember He himself was tempted, yet overcame and we need to follow in His steps.
Today, as we look up at that battered face on the Cross, let’s admit to Him that we have fallen. We know, He came to earth to commune with us and hold His beautiful hand out to us, so we can rise up and sit at table. Remember, He loves when we admit our faults and our weaknesses. And He is sure quick to hold us high thereafter.
October 10, 2008.
Today's verse: 1 Cor. 7:5b. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. (NIV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)
Do you know, how the devil gets the better of us? A little before we look at it, let me say that the devil is highly experienced in seduction. He has some 5000+ years of experience dealing with humans and is extremely cunning. Imagine how cunning he is because he could seduce two people – Adam and Eve - in doing something bad to the One they were in constant communion with, so what about us?
He attacks us in the area of our greatest weakness. Take for example we love sweets, he will ensure that this love gradually grows to greed and out will spawn sin through it. You will at some time be forced to sin to satiate this greed. This is possible with even a simple act like visiting people…the devil can convert this visit into a time of gossip and character assassination. Leave alone what he can do with some of our other basic instincts! I know because I suffer from the ill effects of the devil’s insinuations.
Although today’s verse is concerned with a man and his wife, we take it in the context I’ve given above because Paul talks of our lack of self-control. No person actually begins with his or her self-control going haywire, but many end up that way. If it’s happened with you, did you lose control because you couldn’t control? No, because at the time of the temptation, there was this strong voice asking you to indulge and you succumbed to it, though at the same time another small voice was asking you to refrain. But the enticement was great. I want to tell you that this enticement is delivered at the doorstep of you mind courtesy the devil. That is why we that Jesus hated sin but loved the sinner because He understood our frailties. Remember He himself was tempted, yet overcame and we need to follow in His steps.
Today, as we look up at that battered face on the Cross, let’s admit to Him that we have fallen. We know, He came to earth to commune with us and hold His beautiful hand out to us, so we can rise up and sit at table. Remember, He loves when we admit our faults and our weaknesses. And He is sure quick to hold us high thereafter.
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