While driving today, I saw a sight that I don't like to see...red and blue lights. No, they weren't behind me pulling me over; they were in the middle of the road ahead of me, blocking off an accident. My side of the road was still open, so I was able to drive by the accident slowly and take a look.
I've always been interested in accident scenes. I don't enjoy looking at them, but I have always tried to figure out what happened based on where the vehicles are, how they are damaged, direction they are pointing, etc.
But this one had me baffled. There was one vehicle that was off to the side of the road with it's front bumper hanging down. It looked like a vehicle that had just rear-ended someone doing 30 miles an hour or so. There wasn't a whole lot of damage. But the other vehicle was a huge SUV that was flipped up on it's side in the middle of the road. I was confused. How in the world did something that seemed so little create such a mess?
And that got me thinking...how many times in our lives do we ask that very question in regards to a sin? How many times has a little "fender bender" sin caused us to completely flip and cause major damage? We think we can commit this little sin with no repercussions, but it ends up hurting us in a substantial way.
The reality is that every sin hurts us. It may not be apparent to us; it may not always affect us in a way that we can see it, but every sin damages us in some way. And it may end up blocking another brother or sister in the Lord in their walk.
We don't look at an opportunity to get into an accident as a good option. Yet we look at opportunities to sin as "not a big deal". We need to change that mindset and realize that every sin--no matter how "small"--will severely damage our walk with the Lord.
Buckle up against the temptations of the flesh, the world, and Satan...and drive safely.
"But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people." -Ephesians 5:3 (NIV)-
Thanks for telling like it is: Sin is Sin! No little sins, no gray areas here. Why is it so difficult for human beings to understand that things are either right or wrong? We try to rate sin like we rate pain--on a scale of 1 to 10. We feel that murder is so much worse than lying or cheating or stealing, when in fact God is the Judge, and His Word is what we are to live by. We are all sinners. We are each one responsible for our own actions, even our thoughts. Life is hard. Read,study and obey His Word! It is the only WAY.
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