Hebrews 10:22-24 "Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works."
What will it take to cause you to turn from serving Christ? We are living in a day of much "wavering". During the years of easy prosperity in our country, many people got caught up in making lots of money, prestigious jobs and important positions and became satisfied with mammon instead of with Christ. They were no longer happy with just serving Him. Making a good living took precedent over making an adequate living. The falling away had begun.
We began to want more "things" of the world and before long, many had filled the corners of their lives with so much stuff that they now were in bondage to the "stuff", and the "good" living now became a must have living, in order to survive.
Faithful service to Christ, in and through the New Testament church that He died for, took second, third or last place in their lives.
How does this happen? The foundation for most people’s forsaking of the Lord comes from our own selfishness. They will love and stay faithful to God when He is good to them and giving them everything they want but when trials come and God seems far away....they neglect Him.
Our true devotion to Christ will be seen in the trials of life. In the hard times.
Will you still thank Him, praise Him and serve Him as faithfully in hard times? You give up more than you can even imagine, when you allow yourself to "waver" . It may not be seen or noticed immediately. But make no mistake, it will be noticed sooner or later. After all He has done for us, "hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering". What will it take to turn you aside?
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