READ: 1
KINGS 17:17-24
The son
of the widow of Zarephath took ill one day. We are not told whether they
prayed. His state of health deteriorated until he died. Thereafter, his mother
accused Elijah of bringing her sin into remembrance. Although the sin is not
mentioned, we know there was something she had done wrong sometime ago which
she thought was responsible for the loss of her only son.
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
When you toy with sin, you are eventually toying with poision. Sin not only makes you sick, it also kills and destroys. Many people think that because they are clever they can sin and get away with it. Some people even think it is okay to sin as long as you don’t get caught. But Proverbs 11:21 says no sinner can escape punishment. True, nobody saw you. But God did. True, nobody can produce the proof or evidence of your evil. But Heaven has the evidence. You can lock everyone else out of the room but you cannot lock out the omnipresent God. He is everywhere.
Sin is a robber. It is worse than the physical armed robbers people dread. Why? It can rob you of material, financial, and intellectual blessings. It can also rob you of spiritual blessings. Worse still, it can rob you of eternal blessings. But people do not fear sin because it comes as a pleasurable thing. It comes looking harmless, nice and promising. But by the time it is done, it shows its true colours. Sin robbed the widow of Zarephath of her only son. Thank God for His intervention. Sin robbed Adam and Eve of the Garden of Eden. Sin has robbed many believers of their promised land. And it is still robbing millions of eternity in Heaven. What has sin robbed you of? Our God is a Restorer. If only you can humble yourself and make your ways right before Him, He will restore what sin has stolen. Any blessing God has given to you, be it spiritual, material, financial or intellectual, is the target of sin. The reason your flesh is driving you hard into sin is to make you lose the blessings. If you co-operate with the flesh, your blessings will go. It is an irony that Christians have turned their greatest enemy into a toy; are you one of them?
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
When you toy with sin, you are eventually toying with poision. Sin not only makes you sick, it also kills and destroys. Many people think that because they are clever they can sin and get away with it. Some people even think it is okay to sin as long as you don’t get caught. But Proverbs 11:21 says no sinner can escape punishment. True, nobody saw you. But God did. True, nobody can produce the proof or evidence of your evil. But Heaven has the evidence. You can lock everyone else out of the room but you cannot lock out the omnipresent God. He is everywhere.
Sin is a robber. It is worse than the physical armed robbers people dread. Why? It can rob you of material, financial, and intellectual blessings. It can also rob you of spiritual blessings. Worse still, it can rob you of eternal blessings. But people do not fear sin because it comes as a pleasurable thing. It comes looking harmless, nice and promising. But by the time it is done, it shows its true colours. Sin robbed the widow of Zarephath of her only son. Thank God for His intervention. Sin robbed Adam and Eve of the Garden of Eden. Sin has robbed many believers of their promised land. And it is still robbing millions of eternity in Heaven. What has sin robbed you of? Our God is a Restorer. If only you can humble yourself and make your ways right before Him, He will restore what sin has stolen. Any blessing God has given to you, be it spiritual, material, financial or intellectual, is the target of sin. The reason your flesh is driving you hard into sin is to make you lose the blessings. If you co-operate with the flesh, your blessings will go. It is an irony that Christians have turned their greatest enemy into a toy; are you one of them?
MEMORIZE: ROMANS 6:23 –For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God
is eternal life through Jesus Christ.
