Causes: Rising Tide and a
shallow anchorage.
Rougher waters
(storms or passing vessels)
Someone else ties up
to you.
A
slipping anchorage. An unaware captain. A God of second chances.
1Ti 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in
the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to
seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
1Ti 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their
conscience seared with a hot iron;
1Ti 4:3 Forbidding to
marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created
to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the
truth.
Some folk may say that
they are not as spiritually active as they should be, and many would
even agree that they are not as close to the Lord as they would like
be, most of us would never think of ourselves as backsliders. Just
because your living in what you may consider gross sin, you still
must be on guard concerning your spiritual state. We are all
susceptible to falling away and we may not even recognize it.
These last days are to be
filled with tests and temptations seeking to lead us away from the
revealed truth of God. The method may be through alluring spirits and
distorted doctrines. They will become bitter and drift from the
faith. Filled with lies and living a lie, they will not even consider
that the reason for the change of the shoreline is because they have
moved. They cannot be wrong – therefore the fault will belong to
others. One earmark of the backslidden is their hypocrisy, imposing
on others standards to which they themselves do not measure up.
Be not dismayed, God is
seeking the backslider, to restore you to Himself. If you have
drifted, stop blaming others, listen to the wooing of God’s Spirit
and re-establish your anchorage. Trust your markers… Ask God to
show you the truth and then look honestly around you.
Do you need to return to
Him today? God has not moved. He has sent me here today to call you
back. Wont you come?
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