Memorise: God forbid, How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Romans 6:2
Read: Romans 6:1-5
Bible in one year: Leviticus 8-10
Just as
certain things are peculiar to champions, exchampions also have what is
common to them. You will not be an ex-champion, but if you are one, the
Lord will restore you to a place of relevance in Jesus name. When we
look at the prayer of Samson, an ex-champion, we can learn something
from it. The first thing he said was, Remember me Oh Lord! Why was he
asking to be remembered? It is because people don't easily remember
ex-champions. It is the champion's crown that is revered by many not the
one wearing the crown. So if the crown goes, so goes everything the
crown attracted. Samson also said, strengthen me. Strength is an
invisible force. If you ask any boxer, he will tell you not to judge a
man by his size. Why? Until you are left alone with your opponent, you
may never realise how strong he is. There are people who are big but
without strength, just as there are slim but powerful people. Isaiah
40:28-30 says God gives power to the faint. Philippians 4:13 says you
are enabled to do all things by the strength that Jesus supplies. In 1
Kings 18:46, God laid His hand on Elijah and he outran a chariot. This
season, the Lord will lay His hand on you and enable you to do the
impossible.
Another thing Samson said was, Strengthen me just this
once. We believers ought to learn something from this. He did not ask
for restoration several times but just once. Have you been falling and
rising? Do note that when Samson fell, he asked for restoration just
once. Also, the prodigal son that is so often used to build a mould for
backsliders, left home just once according to Luke 15:11-24. On his way
back, his father ran to receive him, but he never left home again. Some
of us teach that God will always receive the backsliders: but that
excludes when you are now taking His grace and love for granted. If you
have been a divine champion and you fell, the devil will not want you to
rise again. On the other hand, God wants you to reconcile with Him
after the fall, but He does not expect you to go on a regular dive into
sin expecting Him to forgive. Hence, Romans 6:1 says,
"What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?"
And
the answer followed: God forbid! The mould that some modern believers
are following is the one forbidden by God. If you fell and asked for
forgiveness, stay on in Christ. Stop taking grace for granted!
Action point: Prayerfully follow up 5 backsliders and lead them back to
Christ. Pray that they will not take God's grace for granted.
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