There Is A Way

I believe there is a way out of every circumstance and situation we may get ourselves into before it happens to us, unless of course it is forced on us, because most of what happens to us happens because of our own choices. The problem is that many of our choices are not good ones and we suffer the consequences of the choices we make.  Then we get into the reaping and sowing and many times we don’t like the end results.

Read what Galatians 6:6-9 says, “Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

I believe this sowing and reaping includes the non-believer and the believer alike, but my message is mainly for believers; the choices we make will determine what the outcome of our choices turn out to be.  Like the old saying, “if you play with fire long enough you will more than likely get burnt.”  Take someone who gets set free of drugs, alcohol, porn or any kind of sexual immorality or whatever sin you can name; and then for some reason they choose to indulge once again in what they have been freed of because they think they can handle it or they get depressed, angry, hurt by someone or whatever the reason might be, they will reap the consequences and regardless of what takes place whose fault is it?  It is their fault.  I have read or heard it said that sin will take you much further than you intended to go.  We live in a society where we like to pass the buck, so to speak, and blame others for our choices.   This started way back in Adam and Eve’s day.

Read Genesis 3:9-13, “And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.”

If you know anything about their story, you know that there were consequences; there always is when it comes to sin.  The truth is we are still trying to blame others or our circumstances, situations or something or someone else instead of owning up to the decisions we made ourselves.  We think at times that we want something so bad and the temptation is so strong that we don’t look for the way out, then we yield to the temptation and many times when we do what we shouldn’t do it is easy to find excuses for our actions.  There are times when we purposely put ourselves in situations that will bring us down and put us back into the position of a slave and instead of being set free, the monkey is back, so to speak, and you can’t get him off your back.

Read Romans 6:15-23, “What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

If you yield your members to sin you will be a slave to sin but if you are truly born-again you can resist the temptation to sin because you have been set free of sin so you can live as children of light; this is good news, we are not children of darkness but we are children of light, praise the Lord!!  Temptations will always be there but with the Lord we can also overcome them.

Read what 1 Corinthians 10:13 says, “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”

So if you have yielded to sin own up to it and don’t look for excuses for it, call it what God calls it, sin, and repent, which is a conscious choice to turn away from it and ask the Lord to forgive you and do your best not to sin anymore.

Last verse, read 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Enough said, there is freedom in the good Lord and I hope this has been a help and an encouragement to you and may you have a super day and may the good Lord bless you and yours!!