Wednesday, January 15, 2014

As long as I've got a tooth!

"I'm against sin. I'll kick it as long as I've got a foot, and I'll fight it as long as I've got a fist. I'll butt it as long as I've got a head. I'll bite it as long as I've got a tooth. When I'm old and fistless and footless and toothless, I'll gum it till I go home to Glory and it goes home to perdition."-Billy Sunday

      What does fighting sin mean to you? According to Warren Wiersbe the greatest destruction from sin is not to buildings but to people. He says "If you want to cheapen yourself and others, sin will help you do it."

     I have been reading in Lamentations and in chapter 4 it speaks to sin. We don't really like to talk about sin, but the prophet Jeremiah said things happen because people sin, blood is shed, blindness comes, guilt reigns.

     But our time will run out. Lam. 4:18 "Our end drew near; our time ran out. Our end had come!" It tells us that He will punish our iniquity and will expose our sins.

   I have found myself examining my life. Where I go, what I do, who I spend time with. Sometimes, because of circumstances, we find ourselves involved in a sinful situation where we need to turn and flee. Do not associate yourself with sin, or those who would drag you into it. Do not cheapen yourself, as Wiersbe says, by falling into sinful acts or spending time with those who would draw you into that lifestyle.

Working on that. I will let you know how it goes . . . . .