DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, OCTOBER 6, 2013
WHEN THERE IS NO GOING BACK
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. Hebrews 10:35-39
Have you ever gone hiking in the woods and reached a point where you are well aware that there is no going back? You know, the only way you're going to get out is to continue ahead. No, you don't know what is ahead, but you know it's something you've been waiting for, hoping for, and traveling for. And actually, going back would be just plain stupid. Not to mention all of the time you have invested in your journey, but back...well, you've been there already. Ahead is newness of life. Ahead is the intended purpose. All you have to do is stay on course. You could possibly create a course of your own and see where it might lead you. But that would be-- off course-- which would most likely lead you into a deep, dark, ditch--and all hope would be lost. So, you've journeyed far and salvation is just ahead. No going back!
The Bible says that our faith must not "draw back." That is to say, if we lose our faith in the middle of our faith journey it is like wandering into a deep, dark, ditch...call it perdition. The Bible says that we are to continue in faith: "believe" to the saving of the soul.
Remember this lamentation as you journey forward in faith:
It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. Lamentation 3:22-26
Today, one foot in front of the other :-)
