There is an old hymn that says, One day at a time, Sweet Jesus. Just as we put one foot in front of the other to walk, our journey with Jesus Christ, can only be done one day at a time. If we look at our yesterdays, we won't be able to see the things in today that will make us stumble and fall. If we look to far into the future, we won't see what is immediately in front of us, that could cause us to stumble and fall.
Jesus tells us, over and over, to live for today. God is living in today with us, that is why He is called I Am. While God can see all of time, present, future and past, He knows that our greatest need is now. If we can make it through today, with God, then our faith grows to where we can make it through tomorrow, with God.
Life is an endurance race, not a sprint. Satan will always attack us at our weakest points, in this life. When we are at our weakest, is when our toughest choices are made. Who's hand do we grab for help?
What do you grab for, when you are at your weakest?
Do you grab for The Bible or the bottle?
Do you grab for God's Hand or a hand full of pills?
Do you look to Jesus or do you look to pornography?
At your weakest, you will make a choice between Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and your favorite(the one you fall for over and over) drug or sin. Our faith and strength are built up over time, as we get in the habit of reaching out for God's Hand. Every battle we face, every temptation, every heartache, every pain, there are hands reaching out towards us.
The hands of Satan and his followers, will lead us down a dark path, filled with more temptation, more heartache, more pain, with a promise of it will get better, if you drink this, take this, watch this. But there is no permanent fix for our hurt, so we drink more, take more pills, watch more porn. This downward spiral gets harder and harder to get out of, the deeper and deeper we go, until we find ourselves in the pits of Hell.
We always have God's hands reaching out to us, on a continuous basis. God offers us His arms to hold us in times of weakness, Jesus hands, to heal our heartache and our pain, The Holy Spirit with the armor of God to protect us from sin and temptation. Our faith in God will continue to grow and soar, holding onto His Hand.
Most of us, try and straddle the fence between God and Satan. We want the best of both worlds. We want to play in Satan's world and not get sucked in, and play in God's world and have the security of Heaven and our sins forgiven. Most of us are neither hot or cold, when it comes to Jesus Christ and service for His Kingdom.
Jesus addresses a church filled with people, straddling the world between good and evil, God and Satan.
In Revelation chapter 3:14-22, Jesus says, ...you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth. The idea is projectile vomit, shooting across an area. The other thing Jesus says, to show us how far lukewarm Christians are from God. Jesus says, Behold I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door... Lukewarm Christians have closed doors to Jesus. Our Faith Keeps Them Open!