Monday, August 17, 2020

1 Samuel 26:1-27:12; Isaiah 65:1-25; Romans 8:1-17

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. Genesis 4:7

Sin will always be with us this side of Heaven, always craving, always ready to pounce. It is like a ravenous animal seeking to devour us—if we let it. There is an enticing but also enslaving power to sin. We like the power and freedom associated with it but we should fear it. Sin is enticing (James 1:13-15), even pleasurable for a season (Heb. 11:25) but in the end it is enslaving (John 8:34). If we choose to allow it in the door, it may seem pleasant at first. But in time it will devour us. —Shane Johnson

Oh, the years in sinning wasted, could I but recall them now,
I would give them to my Saviour, to His will I’d gladly bow.—C. Luthe