Little Openings
February 3, 2016
Psalm 139:23-24 “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
For weeks I have been searching for the tiny crack or crevice where the lady bugs are coming in the house. I have gone from room to room looking for a tiny 1/8 inch space where these “pesky” lady bugs are coming in. (I know Mr. Organic Gardener – don’t preach – they are good for eating aphids in the summer. So, how about I send them to YOUR house for the winter and you ship them back when spring comes?!) But today is “happy dance day”! I finally found the place of entry. I finally found the window where they are slipping in. In the west bedroom, I opened a window and about 300 of them flew in. Today I will seal the window with weather stripping. Point of this story for all Christians is this – no matter how mature you are in your faith, we all have tiny cracks in our lives where Satan finds access. These cracks are areas where we doubt God or disobey God. We must never give up allowing the Holy Spirit to continually bring us to Scripture, where we look at our lives in the light of God’s Word. We must never stop searching for sin, never stop allowing the Holy Spirit to transform our lives into the character and likeness of Jesus.
For weeks I have been searching for the tiny crack or crevice where the lady bugs are coming in the house. I have gone from room to room looking for a tiny 1/8 inch space where these “pesky” lady bugs are coming in. (I know Mr. Organic Gardener – don’t preach – they are good for eating aphids in the summer. So, how about I send them to YOUR house for the winter and you ship them back when spring comes?!) But today is “happy dance day”! I finally found the place of entry. I finally found the window where they are slipping in. In the west bedroom, I opened a window and about 300 of them flew in. Today I will seal the window with weather stripping. Point of this story for all Christians is this – no matter how mature you are in your faith, we all have tiny cracks in our lives where Satan finds access. These cracks are areas where we doubt God or disobey God. We must never give up allowing the Holy Spirit to continually bring us to Scripture, where we look at our lives in the light of God’s Word. We must never stop searching for sin, never stop allowing the Holy Spirit to transform our lives into the character and likeness of Jesus.