Remembering what I learned

It is so easy to fall off track.  To walk towards temptation and to forget that some titles and activities are not what you are called to do.  When God seems the quietest, it happens during those times.  We have to remind of ourselves continually of what we have been saved from and Whose we are. 

I reasoned within myself something that many would consider something minor was okay for me. However and thankfully, I was quickly reminded by the Lord by text that this was not acceptable to Him. I regretted my choice.  So yes, even though my life seems quiet and like I am not being directed by Him, when He sees we are really walking in the wrong path, He will intervene. 

I am not encouraging anyone to purposefully choose to do what is not right just to test if God will step in before we move forward or correct us when we mess up.  Definitely don’t do that.  But do, pray continually that He will lead you in the way you should go.  Pray that evil will not entertain you, tempt you, and cause you to forget who God called you to be. 

I am thankful that Jesus is still working on me and that the Holy Spirit is with me.  The word says,

What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?  For ye are brought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. (1 Corinthians 6 10-20).

We do not belong to ourselves.  We belong to God.  I was watching a program last Sabbath that I enjoy each time I see it.  The show Signs and Symbols with the four speakers (one being Ivor Myers) were on chapter 12 of Revelation breaking each section down piece by piece.  If you have not seen anything, I recommend watching that. It’s Revelation seminar and makes more sense to me. When the time comes for us to see Him in all His glory, don’t we want to have less to be ashamed about?  He is giving us ample opportunity to live right and do right by Him.  Jesus is available to help and strengthen us.  The Holy Spirit is here to guide us.  We don’t want to make it to that great day and not be able to stand.  I have much in my life I can be embarrassed about and I’m sure that you do too. 

Each day, each week, let’s strive to be better than we were before. 

So my testimony is that text from Corinithians.  It came when I needed correction and guidance the most.  I am thankful that the Lord still gives a word to help us even when we are in a sorry sinful mess.