Thou Shalt Not Compromise

Thou Shalt Not Compromise

DON’T COMPROMISE

Lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright. Hebrews 12:16

Compromise injures a believer’s spiritual life as surely as landmines wreak havoc upon the body. Our testimony is damaged or destroyed when we bend God’s principles.

For example, suppose a young Christian woman meets an attractive man who doesn’t share her beliefs. For years, she has known Paul’s caution, “Do not be bound together with unbelievers” and recognizes the apostle’s intention to protect Christians from worldly influences (2 Cor. 6:14). But she rationalizes that one date won’t hurt her. Actually, she is probably right.  However, a first date leads to second and third and then to a relationship. He offers marriage, she accepts, and then marries him only to experience a life time of troubles and pain.

To navigate a spiritual minefield, we must look a few steps ahead for possible danger. Even choices that seem trivial may have far-reaching consequences. This is why the Lord equips us with a “divine GPS:” the voice of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit also sounds an alarm in our spirit if we veer into dangerous territory.

For us to hear these warnings, our heart must be tuned to the Holy Spirit’s wavelength through Scripture study. Relying on our own understanding can lead to trouble. But those who trust the Lord and apply His principles will find straight paths through potentially explosive situations.

For safe travel through this dangerous world, decide to obey His initial warning so you can steer clear of destructive explosives.

Prayer: Lord, make me sensitive to the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Scriptural Reading: Hebrews 12:12-17

12 Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,

13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:

15 looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

16 lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.

17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.

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Thou Shalt Not Compromise