Reading your Bible for today April 10

April 10: 1 Peter 4:1-3

Key Verse: 1 Peter 4:2
that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

Devotion:
As we reach the end of our Easter Holidays, I hope we all remember everything Christ has done for us. From the day He entered into Jerusalem upon the fresh donkey, to the suffering, the cross and most of all, the resurrection, He knew what it was all for. He knew our sin debt was there to be paid and that is exactly what He was doing.

We should never pretend we are anything other than sinners. We are born into this life and we shall ultimately die in this manner. But as long as we are able to recognise the truth and follow that truth, we shall be freed from the sin debt without cost to us. There is nothing we can do to pay for our own debt. There is no way we are able to stop the sin totally, no way we are able to avoid it. What we need to do is not just to try and stop doing things, but to want to stop. That big difference being we should want to!

We will continue to get things wrong. We will continue to trip up and fall. But as long as our desire is to lead a better life, we will be able to recognise many faults and to avoid them. Christ has been our example and He will continue to be our guide – so long as we want to walk with Him and be His servants. We are given the excellent pointers about what we should avoid in our lives so we can avoid the unnecessary falls we would otherwise be tempted by.

If we start to allow one sin into our life, then we are going to slowly allow more and more in. The more we let in, the less strong we will be to be able to avoid them. The more we let in, the less we will be able to differentiate between what is good and what is bad. The line between good and evil becomes so blurred that we no longer see it and go back and forth continually. Christ, because of His perfect nature, never once lost sight of that line. We need to be ever on the watch to make sure we know where that line is.

Points to Ponder:
What is it in your life that you give in to the easiest?

Do you regularly ask God for help to recognise the pit-falls?