W.I.T.S.I
21/10/07 09:21
I
am sure you have heard about DUI. Someone who is
arrested for DUI has been arrested for driving under
the influence. We have laws to keep people from
driving while intoxicated so that our roads will be
safer. Driving while impaired by alcohol makes the
driver dangerous because the alcohol slows reaction
time down. We were taught to drive defensively; this
means that our ability to react plays a very
important part in driving well. So, it stands to
reason that
anything that impairs that ability should be avoided
like the plague. The
ability to react in a correct manner is essential for
good driving it is also essential for the Christian
life. The acronym above (WITSI)
is
something that I just started! It stands for;
Walking in the Spirit Impaired.
I
think there is a great problem in the Church with
Christians who are walking in the Spirit
–impaired! No, I don’t think that they
are impaired by alcohol or drugs, but with sin. And
sin will keep you from reacting in a Christian manner
when it comes time for you to react. Before I was a
Christian I used to drive under the influence and
during those times if I saw a police car I got really
nervous. I always thought that maybe they knew what I
was doing and they were going to catch me. This sort
of reaction became a part of me so that even while I
was driving legally, I still had that kind of
reaction when I saw a police car. Go figure.
It’s like this, if you are always going over
the speed limit, when you see a police car, then your
first reaction will be to look at your speedometer!
Now, how many of you do that? I have been guilty of
that quite often. Do you see that, as a Christian, I
shouldn’t be reacting in that way? Now,
let’s get down to brass tacks. St. Paul tells
us in Galatians that we should walk in the spirit so
that we will not gratify the desires of the sinful
nature. I submit to you that if we walk in the
spirit, impaired by sin, we will not react in a
Christian manner when we come up against a trial or a
temptation. Cherished sin compounds and manifests
itself in the life of the one who hides it. Solomon
said that he who conceals his sin does not prosper
but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
Now before my thought gets lost within a bunch of
excuses, let me just say that when you bump a cup of
coffee –coffee spills out! What comes out when
you are bumped? How do you react? Are you walking in
the Spirit impaired?
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