Step INTO the Fire!

In this world we are constantly bombarded with idols.  They are erected in many forms to lure a people into worshiping the god of this world unknowingly.  There are idols of money, sex and power - what many consider the American dream.  They are mainstreamed through media and projected into the spirit of man.

There is a constant pressure to bow down to these images.  The worship of these idols leads to bondage and destruction.  Unfortunately those who do not know God perish for lack of knowledge.  (Hosea 4:6)

However for those of us who DO know and SERVE the LORD through relationship NOT religion, we are equally faced with the same temptations to bow down to these idols.  Yet we are reminded that although we are in the world, we are NOT of this world (John 15:19)  We are NOT to copy the behavior and customs of this world. (Romans 12:2)  We are a set apart people, a peculiar people called to be Light and Salt in the earth.  A people who raises God's standards - revealing Him and His glory for others to see.

Stones & Planks

I am grateful that we serve a God who loves and knows our heart. He knows our struggles with sin and does not condemn us but empower us by His Spirit to overcome. There are times we walk in the victory and there are moments we don't. For that reason we are instructed to pray "Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:" (Mt. 6:11-13 KJV)

I am thankful that today we are not stoned for ours sins as in the days of old. However today, people throw stones with their words of judgment without knowing a person's walk with the LORD.