Don’t try to do all the spiritual disciplines at once. So many of us men feel that we have to be Super Christians or that we shouldn’t even try. We either do all the spiritual disciplines and do them better than anyone else (this is the sin of “compare-a-son,” which I’ll talk about a little later), or we give up. This is a trap. Watch out for it.
The danger in this trap is that it causes many of us to give up without a fight. If complete victory over our words, thoughts and deeds isn’t possible, why try? If we can’t keep up daily devotionals 365 days a year, why start? If we can’t commit to God like Billy Graham, why bother? This is the “fool’s choice.” It’s not the real choice we are faced with, but it’s the only one Satan wants us to see. Why? Because most of the time, when the choice is all or nothing, God gets nothing, and Satan knows it.
It’s the fool’s choice because the truth is that we are never able to give God “all.” Have you ever had an extended time in your life when you didn’t sin at all? Of course not. Besides, we don’t build our walls in our own power. God builds them – at His pace.
We come to God with a heart that is willing to submit to Him, and He gives us the power to live righteously. Outside His power, we don’t have a chance of setting even one stone in our walls.
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