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never deliver. It will take us way beyond
where we ever thought we would go,
once we submit to it. If we could see the
end of a journey with sin before we
started that journey, we would flee in
abhorrence. This is why we must trust
God and believe what He says about the
matter, because He can see the end of
such a journey when we cannot.
The devil has had thousands of years to
perfect his traps, and I see how he goes
after young people in the body of Christ
when they are in a vulnerable time in
their life. While they are children, they
obey the voice of God that comes through
their Christian parents. When they reach
the age of accountability to God and they
have to start making their own choices in
life, the enemy is ready and waiting.
Because their faith must be a work in
their own heart and not a hand-me-down
from a church or from their parents, they
will start to question some of the things
they have been taught. I believe this
questioning is normal and a part of
growing up into maturity. During this
time of questioning, the devil is willing to
provide answers for them. If they humble
themselves and pray and seek God's face
for answers to their questions, they will
come through this time safely. If they
become prideful and pay no attention to
the written guidelines God has for them
in the Scriptures and the voice of the
Lord speaking in their hearts, they will
eventually find themselves in a place they
never thought they would be.
What young person, now vigorous and
healthy with a good prospect of a happy
and fulfilling life, would ever take that
first dose of drugs to fit in with friends, if
they could see themselves a few years in
the future when their health is gone, teeth
missing, no money and alone in life? Sin
will say, “You can stop at any time!" but
sin is deceitful.
What young person, now strong and
happy with a bright future, would ever
take that first drink of alcohol at a
worldly party that caters to their fleshly
lusts, if they could see years into the
future when their liver is destroyed and
they've lost their home and family
because of drunkenness? Sin will
say ,"That won't happen to you!" but sin
is deceitful.
What young lady, with a beautiful body
and the hope of a loving marriage would
ever wear clothes and behave in ways
that excite the flesh and draw the
attention of lustful men to attempt to fill
her need for one true love, if she could
see years into the future when her body
and emotions are broken, having been
used by many with no love from any? Sin
will say, “You’re in charge and you can
handle it!" but sin is deceitful.
The list of traps is endless, and they are
not just for young people, by any means.
But, praise God! He always makes a way
of escape for us and it will always be
through hearing and obeying His voice
today! Our relationship with the Lord
must be the kind of relationship that Jesus
had with God the Father. Jesus is our
example and He lived his life by hearing
from the Father and obeying
His voice daily. —G. Yoder
END
John 3:8,
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest
the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and
whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Things are not unreal just because they are unseen. The wind cannot be
seen, but it is real. We see the trees bend before it and sails filled with it,
and we hear its sound, but the wind itself is invisible.
The Holy Spirit cannot be seen, but we see the effect of His indwelling in
the hearts of men—love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith, meekness, temperance. Surely it takes something real and powerful
to produce these effects in a human life.
The manager of a granite quarry said, “We can lift an acre of solid granite
ten feet thick to any desired height by using compressed air.” If invisible
air can accomplish such a feat, and we know it can, why should we think
it incredible that the Holy Spirit has power to do all things?
The Power of the Invisible