FULFILLING PURPOSE (Pt. 4)
Solomon’s Tip #6: Sin Will Mar the
Process
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by
the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. – Pr
16:6
There’s an oft-repeated quote that holds a
great lesson for us all: “Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep
you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay”.
Sinning is like dumping poison up the stream
that you will drink from later downstream.
We can safely assume that a drunken,
serial-murdering, wife-beating sadist isn’t fulfilling the Purpose of God for
his life; but what makes us not so sure about other not-so-overt sins? We
established yesterday that the true essence of a man’s Purpose is God’s glory.
It is therefore, ironic that some people resort to sinning in order to fulfil
said Purpose.
A little lie here, a bit of compromise there,
etc. won’t do any harm, they suppose. But little sins are like minor degree
changes in the flight trajectory of a plane. A pilot once noted that every
single degree you fly off course will make you miss your target landing spot by
92 feet for every mile you fly. A single degree error could land you in
the ocean or in a massive metropolis instead of the destination airport.
Any person who has tried preaching to an old
person knows too well what ‘one degree of error’ can do if given enough time. We
tend to get entrenched into whatever we feel is right more and more as age
accumulates and the tender conscience we once possessed as children become
calloused with time.
Even some Believers do not see anything wrong
with exam malpractice, or changing ones date of birth, etc. as long as it’s
meant to take you further in life. Well, they will take you further all
right... further from God’s will for your Destiny that is.
Solomon’s Tip #7: With God, Your
Enemies Have You Covered
When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes
even his enemies to be at peace with him. – Pr
16:7
Throughout last week we dwelt on the positives
of having Enemies in our life. It may be important to point out that these special
persons are blessings to only those IN CHRIST, (those whose ways pleases the
LORD). To a destiny not being orchestrated by God, an enemy is exactly that: an
ENEMY.
We’ll conclude this series tomorrow.
AMEN
More Blessings await you; you’ll not miss them
in Jesus Name.
GREG ELKAN
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