Galatians 5:7 ESV
You were
running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
There is a story about a foolish farmer that concluded one day
that the oats he had been feeding his mule for years were simply costing him
too much. So the farmer began to mix a
little saw dust in with the oats, and then a little the next day, and a little
more the next day. The mule didn't notice the gradual change in the feed, but
after time the oats were gone, replaced completely with saw dust. After eating
nothing but saw the mule finally fell over and died.
This is a silly story but serves as a parable for those that have
become back-sliders in their faith. As a Christian moves further and further
away from God through un-repented sin and neglect, we know that our spiritual
souls cannot survive on eating only spiritual sawdust.
We may well convince ourselves that a little sin and neglect won’t
hurt too much, and a little less spiritual food won’t be missed. Then, over
time the proportion of sawdust increases while our spiritual oats begin to
disappear. Before long the change is complete, and our starved sawdust-stuffed
spiritual life has collapsed.
Beloved, my prayer for you this day is that you continue to feed
your spirit the food that it needs to stay healthy and that you stay well nourished
in God’s Word and the Good News of Jesus Christ this day and every day.
This is the day that the Lord has made.
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