Seize the Moment – Day 748
Stay in the Way!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, April 4.
Have you ever had to follow through with a decision that couldn’t be changed even after you realized it wasn’t a good decision in the first place? It’s like, “Can I get a mulligan on this one?”
There are some choices that just can’t be undone, and then, you must see where the road leads you. In 1 Samuel 12:20-23 Samuel instructs Israel upon their realization that they sinned against God by asking for a king:
Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. You must not turn aside, for then you would go after futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile. For the Lord will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a people for Himself. Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.
I love this passage and its relevance to all our lives. It is one thing to be able to confess your sin, stop doing it, and it all goes away, but it’s entirely another situation when you confess and repent, but the consequences of your past choices remain front and center. The answer is, as we used to say in the military, to drive on! C-M! Continue the Mission! These are all ways of expressing the same truth that Samuel was trying to get across to Israel. Yes, you made a mess of it, but keep following God because that’s still the way.