Today’s Thought “Small Sin, Big Sin = SIN” G. Ward

1 Samuel 13: ¹³ But Samuel said to Saul, “You have acted foolishly! You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for the Lord would now have established your kingdom over Israel forever. ¹⁴ But now your kingdom shall not endure. The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

 

Believers have been afforded a most excellent conduit of forgiveness of sins – Jesus Christ (Ro.8:1, 33-39) and whereas HIS sacrifice for our sins is complete, we yet war with fleshy demand and if/when there’s committal to satisfy foolish desire – thereafter, true follow-ship of Christ WILL soon witness our repentance; for our truest desire wants to bless our Lord at all times. This in no way means a reverberation of such indiscretion won’t visit thereafter, yet, we are with certainty that our Savior won’t leave us (even while difficulties persist).

Our theme for today witnesses a heart more in tune to deception than understanding Holy God as Omnipresent (not limited by space or physical constraints) and after receiving marching orders, King Saul, without authority, sought re-writing the Almighty’s script (cf. Matt.7:21-23).

If one won’t hate the sin within, through habitually participating in sins of sorts (1 John 3:4-9), along with unsanctioned self-governance, they’ve become their own lord and forsake inheritance of the Kingdom of God (*Gal.5:16 -*21).