Some time ago, we had to replace the roof on our house. It started out as a minor leak when the rain
was heavy. Gradually, it would leak every
time it rained. By the time we got it
fixed, we had to replace not just shingles, but the boards underneath, and the
ceiling too. What a disaster! It would have been relatively easy to fix
when it was a small leak; but because of finances, we had none, and the massiveness
of the task we let it go; because, for a while, we could put it out of our mind
until the next rain storm. Then it would
rain, and we would say, “We need to do something about that roof”. Sometimes we do the same thing in our life
also. We give the devil a foothold
because we fail to take care of small things.
Rather than correct the wrong attitude, or thoughts. We let them go because it’s a little
insignificant thing and we can “fix it later”, and it easier to let it go than
it is to deal with the problem. Then
slowly the little by little sin grows until it has become a lifestyle. My Christian friends, we don’t have to give
the devil any room in our life; the one to whom we belong is way stronger than
the devil. We can throw off sin and put
on the righteousness of God in the little things we do every day. Our
lifestyle is made up of the choices that we make every moment of the day. Let's be sure to watch out for the little things.
