Today’s scripture: 1 Timothy 4:1-3
I know how easy it is to believe things contrary to God’s word.
I made some really unwise decisions when I was young, decisions that allowed me
to “fall away from the faith.” I listened to the lies of the enemy, and spent
twenty years on a journey that led me, as I titled a book I wrote, on a crooked path, away from
and back to the arms of the Father.
I see this same “falling away” in many people today. Young people raised to
know God are making choices to follow the world. Older people, disillusioned
because of loss or difficulty, claim God is unfair or, because of their
pain, doesn’t exist at all.
A large part of the problem is that many Christians don’t really know why they
believe what they believe. They go to church on Sunday, and then never touch
their Bibles or talk to God the other six days and 22 hours of the week. And
since they really don’t know truth, it’s very, very easy for them to believe
the lies whispered in their ears.
That’s why I pray regularly for my brothers and sisters in Christ. I pray
they’ll ground themselves in God’s word. Study it. Meditate on it. Investigate
its truths. I pray they’ll spend time talking with and listening to God. I pray
they’ll be protected by the Spirit.
And I pray that those who have “fallen away” will repent and recommit their
lives to God. Just as I did.
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