Aug 12 - LIVING ON THE BORDER

“Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof” (Rom 13:14).

There was once a mother who faced a strange problem. Every night she would place her little boy to sleep in the middle of the bed. But in the middle of the night, the boy would fall on the floor with a thud. The mother will go and put the child back in the middle of the bed. But again, after sometime, the boy would be on the floor. Finally one day the mother kept watch over the child and discovered the boy’s problem. He had the habit of coming to the edge of the bed and sleeping holding onto the edge.

This can be our problem also. There are so many things we do almost bordering sin or the world. We may ask, “What is wrong in looking at that? What is the harm in going there? Does the Bible say one shouldn’t do that? ” Our question should be rather. “What do I gain by it?” If there is no gain in a thing there must be some harm in it.

Let us not make provision for the flesh. Let us always be sure that the things we allow in our lives are in the center of God’s will.

“Abstain from all appearance of evil” (I Thess 5:24). Finding out some loop holes to go to the edge of the world and living a bordering Christian life is dangerous. “Putting on the Lord Jesus Christ” means revealing Christ. In everything we do we must reveal Christ.

– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion