February 3
Far from the Rocks
Abstain
from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you
wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved
blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:22,23
Nothing
compares to the wonderful counsel we find in the Word of God! His Word
is like a compass guiding us through treacherous waters. Andrew Murray
tells this story.
A
captain of a ship, sailing between two harbors on a rocky coast, was
once asked by an anxious passenger if the coast was very dangerous. The
answer was, “Very.”
“And are you not afraid?” the passenger asked.
“No,” replied the captain. “Our way is perfectly safe; you can be at ease.”
“But how, if the rocks are so dangerous?”
“Oh, very simply! I put out to sea, and keep far from the rocks.”
Oh, Christian! Here is your only safe passage: launch out into the deep
of full obedience to the will of God; keep far from all sin, and you
shall be kept from willful sinning.
What more can be said? Abstain from all appearance of evil. Go
full-steam ahead in obedience to God and you will arrive safely in
heaven’s harbor.
Genesis 35-36; Mark 6;
Job 2; Romans 6 |