Friday July 21st, 2023
« Jesus said to him, “Anyone who starts to plow and then keeps looking back is of no use for the Kingdom of God”. »
20 If people have escaped from the corrupting forces of the world through their knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and then are again caught and conquered by them, such people are in worse condition at the end than they were at the beginning.
21 It would have been much better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and then turn away from the sacred command that was given them.
22 What happened to them shows that the proverbs are true: “A dog goes back to what it has vomited” and “A pig that has been washed goes back to roll in the mud.”
Our God is a builder He builds lives, and He has a plan for every single person here on earth.
Jeremiah 29:11CSB says
« For I know the plans I have for you”–this is the LORD’s declaration–“plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope »
The moment someone surrenders their life to Christ, that individual begins to build that fellow into something great.
However, every time this person backslides, the building will be affected.
I also like to use the analogy of a sculptor for this.
A sculptor may decide to carve a lion out of a piece of wood but find it uncooperative, breaking easily, and thus decide to carve a cat from what is left of it. If at some point while sculpting, the piece of wood breaks again, the sculptor may then decide to make a rat with what is left of the wood. If the wood breaks yet again such that it cannot be salvaged, the sculptor could turn it to firewood.
Every time you backslide, you frustrate the ultimate plan of God for your life.
Each time a person falls out of the faith, they are just like that piece of wood that keeps breaking. When they get back on their feet, God may decide to continue with what is left, but believe me, except by divine mercy, they cannot be what He originally planned for them.
Gods original plan for Samson was that he would deliver Israel out of the hands of the Philistines and then be their leader, but he didn’t fulfill destiny.
Gehazi could have become a greater prophet than Elisha, but he ended up with leprosy.
Backsliding can cost you your destiny; beware.
The main danger of backsliding is being thrown into hell fire.
Some people get the chance to stand again after backsliding, but not everyone does.
Judas Iscariot had been falling and rising while he was Jesus treasurer (John 12:6), but one day he fell and never had a chance to rise again.
It is a disaster for anyone who has had an encounter with Christ to still end up in hell.
Prayer point: Father, let me never do anything that can make me fall short of Your glory in the mighty name of Jesus.
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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