Saturday, March 24, 2007

cut is the branch that might have grown full straight

I was crossing the overhead to get home yesterday and was admiring the two rows of vibrant pink bougainvillea flanking the bridge. Then, I caught sight of one particular bush- it was dying. In a row of beautiful, thriving bougainvillea, I wondered why it was dying.


As I took a closer look, I realised that weeds have sprung up, creeping all over it, covering its stem and were slowly choking the poor plant to death.


It's amazing how weeds grow so easily, and flourish so quickly, just from a seed or scattering of spores, taking root wherever the conditions permit it. It's a hardy plant, difficult to kill. You can only get rid of it if you pull ALL of it out along with its roots.

And then God spoke to me. It's the same way with sin. If we do not regularly inspect our lives for sin, it will insidiously start to decay us from the inside, catching us unaware. And our struggle with sin isn't a one-off thing. It's constant process of weeding out the roots of sin in our lives. If we are complacent or fail to be ruthless with it, it'll creep its way back in again.

James 1:15: "Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death."

God told me that if I desire to be fruitful in Him, I've got to be TOUGH with sin and weed it out of my life daily. Will you do the same?

Remember, no sin is ever too small to be harmless!

1 Corinthians 10:13: "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."

Yours in Christ,
michellee

posted by IGNYTE, Trinity@PL @ 12:06 PM