Topic: Our Assumptions And The Truth

A slender, fragile thread is all that supports our life. Our life is precious and incredibly fragile. At any moment, our life could end. No one should ever assume they have more than a thread of life support. What do we assume? We assume our life support is so strong our life support is a chain that will never break. We assume we will never fall. We assume we are invincible. We assume we have more power than we really have. We assume we will never really die and we therefore have no need to repent or make things right with God. We assume we are immune from the consequences of sin. We assume that we do not hang by a slender thread licked by the flames of hell. We assume and assume and assume and we are very, very, wrong.

The reality of our life is that we are never immune from sin. An unbreakable chain of life support does not hold us up. We are all subject to temptation and Satan's snare. We are all subject to death in the body and death in the spirit. Repentance is supposed to be an event in a person's life, but repentance should be something we go through every day. Satan knows your weak spots. Do you? Do you know yourself as well as Satan does? Do you know your failings, your shortcomings, and your faults? We cannot win the spiritual battle for ourselves and our families if we bury our head in the sand and pretend everything will be fine. The reality is that we all, do indeed, hang by a slender thread. We all do hang above Satan's fire. We all do live with the prospect that at any moment the fire of Satan will burn the slender thread. However, there is something we can do about our precarious position above the licking flames. We are not helpless. We have the power to live holy and devout lives. We have the power of God who calls us to turn away from sin and temptation. We have he power to surrender our lives to Christ and receive the grace that saves us and redeems us.

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These words were posted at one of Shepherd's Care Ministries Sites called Wisdom Moment. The site is  located at:
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