I have this tooth that just once in a while hurts. For no reason it will just send me in orbit. Sometimes it's hot things, then it is cold things that bothers it. Others times it will just hurt. Today I go to the dentist. I'm not going to guess what's wrong. I am not going to ignore what's wrong. YES! I have prayed and ask God to heal it. I have faith. I also have a dentist. I have not had any issues with my teeth. God has blessed me with great teeth. I have taken great care of my teeth. It is just a small issue so it would be easy to ignore it. It's easy to handle things when they are small but small things have a way of turning into big problems.
Thinking about this God reminded me that it is the same way with sin. Oh, it's just a little white lie. Oh, it's just one untruth...one compromise. It was only one sin that took the rich young ruler from following Christ. It was just one lie that almost caused the King to take Sarai as one of his concubines. One compromise that destroyed Samson.
If we could ask Eve I think she would tell us one small issue caused great pain.
Thinking about this God reminded me that it is the same way with sin. Oh, it's just a little white lie. Oh, it's just one untruth...one compromise. It was only one sin that took the rich young ruler from following Christ. It was just one lie that almost caused the King to take Sarai as one of his concubines. One compromise that destroyed Samson.
If we could ask Eve I think she would tell us one small issue caused great pain.
Samson’s commitment to God, through his Nazarite vow, was the key to his strength (Judges 16:17). The enemy constantly sought an opportunity to find out what would make Samson weak, but they failed to realize that Samson would become weak long before the locks of his hair were cut off. Samson’s undoing would prove to come through the portal of his eyes. In Judges 14:1-3; 16:1, we find the following statements, “saw a woman”, “I have seen a woman”, “for she pleaseth me well” (literally, is right in my eyes), “saw there an harlot”. The man who was renowned for his strength would be brought to his knees because he couldn’t harness his own fleshly desires.
Small things have a way of turning into big problems. Samson lost both his eye sight and his strength. He did not have to suffer in that manner. The pain of disobedience and, turning a deaf ear to the call of God, upon his life changed Samson. Obedience changed him once again.
Small things have a way of turning into big problems. Samson lost both his eye sight and his strength. He did not have to suffer in that manner. The pain of disobedience and, turning a deaf ear to the call of God, upon his life changed Samson. Obedience changed him once again.
Everyday we have an opportunity to nip things in the bud, or allow then to blossom. The choice is ours.
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