Bible Reading: Psalm 139-141; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13.
Memory Verse: “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 KJV.
Take heed means paying attention to something or being careful about it. Our memory verse says “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” 1 Corinthians 10:12 (KJV). We are in perilous times and all sorts of things are happening. You need to constantly live in the Spirit to stay above the world. In this world, marrying same sex, animals, children etc are now seen as normal. They have rights and are now enforceable in most Western countries. Besides, you have a situation now where married couples exchange their spouses with full consent of each other for a period; in fact adultery is legalized in some climes.
When you look at why Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed and compare with what is happening in nations, you will realise the world is fast coming to an end. In Matthew 24:5-14; the Lord stated that there will be wars, and rumours of wars, nation shall rise against nations, there shall be famines, earthquakes in diverse places, Christian’s shall be persecuted greatly, there shall be betrayers, false prophets shall arise and deceive many and the love of many shall wax cold and the gospel shall be preached in all the world, and the end shall come! So the end is so near and you need to take caution as there are too many temptations all around at places of work, social gatherings and even the church that if you are not tuned to the Holy Spirit, you may be swayed to the side of the evil ones before realizing it. Don’t be fooled! We are now in an era where people openly serve Satan and even have a church of satan!
The social media makes it easy to fall as diverse opportunities to fall by the wayside present themselves to you individually. But you have to be intentional about ending well and making heaven in to order resist some of the temptations. You need to place love for God above material gifts, enhancement of societal status or unusual employment opportunities.
The solution is in the relationship you have with God Almighty. Make sure you renew it continuously in order not to miss heaven.
Prayer point: Father, help me to overcome all temptations that may come my way and give me the grace to finish my Christian race well in Jesus Christ’s name.
Bro. Biodun Oyapero