“A Flood of Temptation”
BIBLE
READING: Luke 6
As you read this devotional for the day, chances are it is raining; if it isn’t
it will be soon. I say that tongue in cheek because our area has seen
more rain in the last several weeks than it has even seen on record. It
has rained so much that they had to open every spill way possible of our local
dam just to keep our area from flooding. It was said that the water
passing through those spill ways was a million gallons of water per
second. There was so much water that several roads collapsed due to
erosion that the flooding had caused. Automobiles were being carried off
by the power of the flood waters and several homes were either destroyed or
damage due to flooding. In our area we were lucky because it could have
easily been worse. Our Lord knew the power that lies behind a
flood. After all, He destroyed the world using a flood in the days of
Noah. I wonder if those images were playing over and over in His mind as
He teaches them this parable in Luke 6.48-49. Jesus knows that if we do
not have a strong and biblical foundation, the floods waters of sin and
temptation will slowly erode our spiritual house causing it to fall. A
flood just doesn’t happen suddenly, it is a gradual process that occurs over a
period. It begins with one raindrop, then another, then another and
another, until the current of the waters becomes strong enough to inflict
damage. That is why it is so important that we must make sure we have a
strong spiritual foundation. Because one day, temptation will rain again and
again until it becomes so much temptation that it will feel like a flood trying
to sweep us away. Make sure your foundation rests upon Jesus,
because He is the only one that can protect you from the flood that is about to
occur.
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