Sometimes life takes us down roads we least expect. We are blessed with many relationships that come in and out of our lives. Most of the time, friends and relatives build us up and make us stronger people. Sometimes we open ourselves up to opportunities for pain.
If we go back to the example of Lot we find that he ends up letting himself be taken advantage of, not by a friend but his own daughters. (Genesis 19:30-38) They devised a plan and tricked him into having sex with them. Could the deception really be any worse? It is hard to read the story and find any understanding in it. Why? How much blame lies with Lot for allowing himself to be drunk?
There are many choices made up to a point where we put our guard down and end up deceived. Jesus warns us time and time again of the chance to encounter false prophets and yet many of us do very little to dive deep into the Word to guard ourselves from such teachers. While we are guarded by our salvation in Jesus we still may pay the consequences for not guarding our hearts.
Galatians 6:7-8 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
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