Avoid that Slip!

[Chad]

Avoid that Slip!
C.H. Spurgeon

Then shalt thou walk in thy way of safety, and thy foot shall not stumble. (Proverbs 3:23)

That is to say, if we follow the ways of wisdom and holiness we shall be preserved in them. He who travels by daylight along the highway is under some protection. There is a way for every man, namely, his own proper calling in life, and if we devoutly walk therein in the fear of God He will preserve us from evil. We may not travel luxuriously, but we shall walk safely. We may not be able to run like young men, but we shall be able to walk like good men.

Our greatest danger lies in ourselves: our feeble foot is so sadly apt to stumble. Let us ask for more moral strength that our tendency to slip may be overcome. Some stumble because they do not see the stone in the way: divine grace enables us to perceive sin and so to avoid it. Let us plead this promise and trust in Him who upholds His chosen.

Alas! Our worst peril is our own carelessness, but against this the Lord Jesus has put us on our guard, saying, "Watch and pray."

Oh, for grace to walk this day without a single stumble! It is not enough that we do not actually fall; our cry should be that we may not make the smallest slip with out feet but may at the last adore Him "who is able to keep us from stumbling."

 

[Brother Mike]

There is a way.

Your calling and Place, being on the path of the just where it gets brighter and brighter allows you to see the snares of the enemy, and avoid stumbling in life.

Out of the will of God, doing your own thing, living where you want, leaving your Church for some job promotion without even asking God can put you on the wrong path.

The Dark path you stumble on things, and not even sure why things are going wrong. It's your path, your life, not God's. Doing your own thing, not thinking of the plan of God can take you down paths God never intended.

God shall not allow more than you can bare is often quoted. Not if you not doing his will, and on the right path. There is a condition to that.

David...............

David was suppose to be out fighting as was the custom of the king.
David decided to stay home in his bath robe, walking around with not much to do.

2Sa 11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.


There he see's Bathsheba

Being where David was not suppose to be Cost David greatly, even effecting the lives of his own kids.

Jesus Is Lord.

 

[Stephen_K]

I can just picture David casually struting around in his bathrobe when he should have been fighting.

You have a way with words Mike.