READ:
PHILIPPIANS 3:17-21
It is good
to begin the Christian race. But to start is not enough. To finish it is even
more important. When we look around us, we have several examples of those who
began well, but are ending up in bad shape.
Proverbs 14:12 says: “There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end is the way of death.” Do you reflect on where your actions can lead you? Do you ever imagine that each step you take, each evil habit you continue to nourish and every act of disobedience to God's Word takes you gradually further away from the heavenly path into hell's pathway? Be careful.
When we came into the kingdom, we had sincere desires to love and serve God, so that we could eventually live with him in heaven. Along the line, some yielded to the devil's crafty manoeuvres by accepting what they thought would help consolidate their carnal positions. Today, church politics is commonplace among leaders. They silence those they perceive will oppose or compete with them. They surround themselves with sycophants who daily sing their praises, to all their detriment. Having begun in the spirit, many are finishing up in the flesh. The world has indeed crept into the church.
Some leaders have become enemies of the Cross of Christ through such actions. Some have even made their appetite their God. In other words, what determines the assignments they embrace for God is purely the monetary or material benefit they will derive. Have you fallen into a state where everything is carnally handled?
Also, do you take joy or pleasure in things that should cause you shame? Has your focus shifted away from heaven unto earthly things? Thank God that you have the opportunity now to turn around. Make your crooked ways straight today. Become a friend of the Cross once again.
Proverbs 14:12 says: “There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end is the way of death.” Do you reflect on where your actions can lead you? Do you ever imagine that each step you take, each evil habit you continue to nourish and every act of disobedience to God's Word takes you gradually further away from the heavenly path into hell's pathway? Be careful.
When we came into the kingdom, we had sincere desires to love and serve God, so that we could eventually live with him in heaven. Along the line, some yielded to the devil's crafty manoeuvres by accepting what they thought would help consolidate their carnal positions. Today, church politics is commonplace among leaders. They silence those they perceive will oppose or compete with them. They surround themselves with sycophants who daily sing their praises, to all their detriment. Having begun in the spirit, many are finishing up in the flesh. The world has indeed crept into the church.
Some leaders have become enemies of the Cross of Christ through such actions. Some have even made their appetite their God. In other words, what determines the assignments they embrace for God is purely the monetary or material benefit they will derive. Have you fallen into a state where everything is carnally handled?
Also, do you take joy or pleasure in things that should cause you shame? Has your focus shifted away from heaven unto earthly things? Thank God that you have the opportunity now to turn around. Make your crooked ways straight today. Become a friend of the Cross once again.
MEMORIZE:
PROVERBS 14:12 -There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end is the
way of death.
