Just a little bit

One thing that really makes me angry is compromise. People sometimes put themselves in situations where the enemy can get a foothold. They put themselves in areas of uncertainty..areas that they could be easily tempted..or easily distracted. Then other times, we can’t help it and the temptation comes to us…the compromise of others comes in contact with us…we are trapped…could be in the car, office, dorm room, classroom, wherever. It’s a scary place to be in..yet we need to STAND GUARD..how easy it could be to slip up, even for a second..
Take a few sips of beer with a friend at dinner, go out dancing (ya know JUST to dance of course..uhh.yea right), lean a little closer to the cutie that is explaining something to you on paper, show a little cleavage (its just a little, right?), take one puff of a cigarette or worst yet a blunt, watch one horror movie (it’s just ONE, right?), go a LITTLE further physically with your boyfriend/girlfriend, push yourself at the gym to look better..not FEEL better (just a little further..to the point of exhaustion).
ALL of these things are NOT of God. Let me tell you, no compromise- great or small is something that we as Christians should be partaking in, yet it happens to most of us. We cannot be condemned but rather learn from our mistakes and recognize when we are falling into temptation. To not only recognize it, but to FIGHT it (James 4:7 says Resist the devil and he will flee from you). AMEN!
I heard this analogy once and it’s AWESOME…picture this:
I am going to make chocolate chip cookies…I have the flour (0oohh!), the sugar (mmmm), the chocolate chips (YUMMY), the oil (ahh), and another ingredient….Dog poop. What? What’s wrong? Dog poop doesn’t sound appetizing? Aww C’mon. It’s just a LITTLE bit, I promise. It won’t hurt ya. It will still taste good. If it doesn’t taste good then just wash it down with cold milk..it will go away eventually. It won’t last long. Etc. HMMM…sound familiar? Compromise. Just a little bit and it could affect everything much bigger than you think. It is poison.
(Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.) The temptation comes first…temptation to gossip, to lust, to steal, to go there..do that…
BUT be watchful and pray…we may think we have it all together and that we will be “strong” at that party…we can have “Super Christian” mentality that nothing can affect us..we are NOT invincible, sorry folks.. The word of God says, “take heed lest ye fall.”