Becoming A Christian Is Not Fire Insurance

                                                      When The Door Slams

The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the home of the just and righteous.                           Proverbs 3:33

        Each time something replaces the love for Christ within us, inner conflict is the consequences desired. Christians can't have habitual, willful sin and experience serenity. Sin is much like a splinter in our unconscious mind. Unless sin is removed through confession and repentance, it will fester just as a splinter festers. 

        It will lead to feelings of inadequacy and inferiority. It is not as easy for a Christian to stand tall and tell ourselves we are okay when we know we have violated God's standard. Inner conflict rages. Still, we ignore it and the sin continues to fester. 

        There is a loss of creativity and perhaps even lowered efficiency. If we continue to ignore sin, we will experience a sense of failure. After all, we have been unfaithful to ourselves and to Jesus. Even ill health or death can be the consequences if we refuse to acknowledge the presence of sin in our lives. 

        The fourth step of the Twelve Step program is to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of our selves. Have you done that yet? 

        Think about this: Becoming a Christian is not fire insurance. It is a relationship with a loving God that affects every area of our lives. This relationship transforms our values, our lifestyles, our will, and even our sexuality. It involves obedience; unconditional love compels us to obey. Habitual, willful sin result in failure. Obedience and confession frees me. Truth serenity and health are the result. 

Affirmation: God's divine power has given me all things pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called me by His own glory and virtue. Through these He has given me His very great and precious promises, so that through them I may be a partaker of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust (2 Peter 1:3-4). 

Ask the Holy Spirit to search your heart and reveal any areas of unconfessed sin. Acknowledge these to the LORD and thank Him for. His forgiveness.