We
Are Instructed
To
Turn From Godless Living
And
Sinful Pleasures.
Scripture
Titus
2
12 And we
are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We
should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and
devotion to God,
13 while we
look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our
great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed.
14 He gave
his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to
make us his very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds.
Observation
After
doing a quick search here are some of the synonyms I found for the
word “pleasure” ... they are: happiness, delight, joy, gladness,
satisfaction, gratification, contentment, enjoyment, and amusement.
And
that is why it is so hard to stay away from sin … because it is all
of those things … but only for a moment! It is a moment of
pleasure.
Kathy
and I are getting ready to go to the beach with most of our family
and extended family. When we go out there I always try to catch
“Walter”. Kathy gave “Walter” his name and I have been trying
to catch him for years. I go out into the Gulf of Mexico to fish for
him in my kayak!
When
our family says, “Walter” what we mean by that is a great big,
gigantic fish like in the movie or the book called “Old Man And The
Sea”, written by Ernest Hemingway. If you never saw the movie or
read the book then you will just have to take my word for it … it
was a very huge fish!
My
plan is simple: What I plan to do to be able to catch “Walter” is
I plan to entice him with a bait that he cannot resist! Now with my
enticing bait I always catch a lot of other smaller fish – because
they can't resist what I throw at them! So one day I am going to hook
“Walter”, and maybe it will be this year!
My
friend, you and I are being enticed every single day to sin. We know
sin's pleasure. It is tempting. And if we take the bait, Satan will
have us hooked.
“Sin
will always take us further than we wanted to go. Sin will always
keep us longer than we wanted to stay. Sin will always cost us more
than we intended to pay.”
Lets
wise up and lets stay away from whatever is enticing us!
Application
I
will be on guard and I will be on the look out for Satan's schemes. I
will say no when I am enticed to sin. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, Satan is a lot more successful at enticing us to sin than I
am at catching my giant fish. Help us to be wise. Show the men in my
family and in our church how important it is to stay away from sin
and how important it is to live godly lives. Give us strength to say
“no” to the temptations that come our way every single day. Help
us to honor You by the way we live our lives. Help me to rely on Your
faithfulness today. I pray for wisdom for myself and for any person
that may be reading this blog today. Help us to be wise!
Daily
Bible Reading: Amos 7,8,9; Psalms 104; Titus 2
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