We are quickly falling apart because most people are daring to defy God, walk in the counsel of the ungodly, stand in the way of sinner and sit in the seat of the scornful. (See Psalms 1 and 2.) We have followed after liars, deceivers, sorcerers, demons or spirit guides, false prophets and teachers, and Satan, to name a few. Have we been here? Are we here now? Nothing like a little excitement once in a while. Right? Let me tell you on the authority of God’s Word—if we dare to continue in this foolhardy path, we are going to have more excitement than we bargained for! If we do not turn to God and turn away from our destructive lifestyles, we are doomed to hell fire and brimstone. See Psalm 9:17.
The problem is, most all people like to do daring things all the time. The more dangerous or against their better judgment or common sense it is, the more they like it. There seems to be something in our nature that causes us to be daring. We like taking chances. We know what we are doing is not right, but we do it anyway. This drive is so strong that we end up doing the wrong thing even when we want to do better. We may promise ourselves and others that we are going to reform our ways, and then end up doing the very things we promised to quit.
Relax! My dare to you is not anything like this. This is a dare that takes courage. If you do it, it will greatly improve your relationships with God, others and yourself. It is so great you will wonder, “Why did I wait so long to do this?!”
Let’s face it, when we get too daring, bad things happen to us. This is not aways apparent. You know, we can practice a bad habit for years before it “catches up” with us. We know smoking and chewing tobacco is bad for our health, but we do it anyway. Alcoholic beverages are just as bad, but we continue “hitting the bottle.” A side note: I thought only babies were supposed to suck the bottle. The more acceptable ones are bad eating and sleeping habits. Another one is using legal and illegal drugs “to get through the day.” Thus, we dare to play Russian Roulette with our physical bodies all the time.
How about your emotional and moral life? Are you very daring with your emotions of love, resentments, anger, fear, compulsions, hypocrisy, happiness, selfishness, work and play? Do you know some of these emotions can take you to an early grave? You can end up with everything from high blood pressure to diabetes by over-stressing yourself with forbidden love relationships, resentments against those who have wronged you, unfounded fears, and the like.
How about your spiritual life? Are you foolishly daring in this area of your life? Worshiping the wrong god can have eternal consequences. If you are not worshiping the Living, Eternal, Creator-Redeemer God, you are worshiping the wrong god. To dare to disregard God and do what comes naturally, is the most dangerous thing of all. The reason being it has eternal consequences.
Having said all of this to show you how daring we are on a regular basis, I want to encourage you to take my dare. This dare will do you good all the days of your life. It will also make your personal relationships more enjoyable.
Here is my dare. I dare you to center you life around a loving, personal relationship with the True and Living God on His terms. See 2 Chronicles 7:14 and its context. To start with, you will need to humble yourself under the Lord’s mighty hand. This calls for surrendering yourself to God’s plan for your life. It means you take your hands off and let God have His perfect way with you. It means you acknowledge your need of a Saviour to save you from the destructive lifestyle you have been living. Listen up! You have it made in this area! There is only one Who can save you! His name is Jesus! After you have humbled yourself to the point of letting Jesus be your personal Savior, you must pray. You must call upon the Lord and seek His face. That is, seek His good pleasure rather than His wrath. Then you must forsake your wicked ways that are contrary to God’s will for your life. The good part is the promise that goes with the above Bible verse.
You may ask, “How can this improve my life?” Think about this! Any fish can drift downstream until it falls over the waterfalls to its destruction. It takes a strong fish to go upstream against the current. When you follow the herd rather than God’s eternal Word, you are going downstream. When you dare to go against the cesspools of sin and wickedness all around you, which is pulling your eternal soul into many destructive actions and attitudes, you will need supernatural strength to swim against the current. This strength comes from God’s Holy Spirit Who leads you, protects you, and strengthens you to live a holy life in this life. See Titus 2:11-15 and Philippians 4.
Now quit making excuses. Now is your day to declare your independence. You can “kiss that old destructive lifestyle goodbye.” You can say “hello!” to your new life in Christ Jesus. Talk about excitement! This is more than turning over a new leaf. This is the first day of your abundant, eternal life that gets bigger and better as you “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.” I know what I am talking about. I have followed Jesus for 56th years.
PRAY THIS PRAYER! Lord, forgive ME for disregarding You and Your plans for MY life. I turn away from MY sins and accept Jesus as MY Saviour. Take MY life and mold ME according to Your will. Thank You for saving ME from MY sins and transforming ME into the image of MY LORD and Saviour, Jesus Christ. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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