I suspect that we do a lot of testing of
the Lord. It seems to me that instead of
yielding to Him and putting into practice what He has taught us, we do our own
thing much of the time. We plow ahead
and expect the Lord to put His stamp of approval on what we do. We carelessly go through life without giving
serious thought to growing into spiritually mature and productive
servants. We spend so much of our time
involved in the things that don't matter and little time on the things that
do. It is a good thing the Lord is
patient and merciful.
We sometimes test the Lord when we see
how close to sin we can get without taking the plunge. We sometimes let down our spiritual guard and
come face-to-face with tempting situations without turning to the Lord first
before we act. When was the last time
that you actually prayed for the Lord to keep your mind pure before you turned
on the TV set, went to the movies, or whatever else you do for
entertainment? When was the last time
you asked the Lord beforehand to keep you pure when you went out socially with
someone? I suspect that probably most of
us have to plead guilty of testing the Lord.
If you find yourself testing the
patience of the Lord, isn't it about time you changed your ways? Take it to the Lord and first ask for His
forgiveness. Thank Him for His patience
with you and loving you anyways. Ask Him
to give you a plan on how to better live for Him and serve Him and then resolve
to put your plan into action. You will
never live in victory until you do.
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