Friends.....

I was driving to work this morning in the pouring rain on the backroads of Crandal listening to the weather report on the radio. Listening to all the warnings, etc, when a woman on the radio said.....if the water looks to high...... "TURN AROUND..... DONT DROWN!" And all at once I heard God say.... "ITS THAT EASY! Turn around.... dont drown". Well, I listened as God reminded me.... with such a sense of urgency... that is exactly how sin is.  We see it up ahead.... we know what it is.... and we just keep going towards it.... sometimes.... just testing to see how far... how deep it is!
One foot in....one foot out... and we know that God has set us free from the bondage of that sin, (no matter how small we think it is... fear, anxiety, bitterness....drugs, alcohol, jealousy) we know that we shouldnt be anywhere near it! And we find ourselves.... once again...going towards it. Maybe its not too bad.... we convince ourselves.... its different.... were stronger now, were walking in victory, walking with God... and what we dont see is that the closer and closer we get to the puddle........ God is screaming to TURN AROUND! DONT DROWN! What didnt kill us before, could easily be the one thing that KILLS us this time! I got to my office and went straight to my computer to find the scripture about wages of sin....... Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is DEATH, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ".
We wonder and question why people can be set free from sin and go right back to it??? Its not because we dont see the warning signs.... its not because God Lets us go........ its because we choose to TEST THE WATERS!
Friends, God has sent a warning today.... (if its only for me!) TURN AROUND! DONT DROWN! I dont believe any of us are free from being targets of the devil.... if we are walking with Christ we have a bullseye on us for the devil. He is here to KILL, STILL, and destroy. Dont let him, TURN AROUND! DONT DROWN! God is telling us its that easy! All we have to do is turn around..... he will handle the rest.

Love you all.