March 29, 2010

Today's reading: I Samuel 23, 24, 25; Psalm 29, 59, 89, 149; Proverbs 29

I Samuel 23:7, "And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars."

There are so many people today that are suffering. People suffer from all kinds of different ailments. Some of these are physical, some are mental and some are spiritual. So many suffer at their own hand because of bad decision making abilities or a total lack there of.

Being someone that likes to eat and enjoys food I somewhat understand. We are to eat to live and not live to eat. Sometimes the conversations in my life make me wonder which philosophy I hold. Many times I believe that I live to eat. I am guilty of driving several hours one way to go to a specific dining establishment. I admit it.

I was caught by the last phrase of our Scripture verse today, "for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars." We do not intend to be enslaved to whatever it is that we are enslaved to. I know many who smoke or have smoked and their original intent was never, "I am going to smoke these cigarettes and get hooked on them so I can die of cancer later in life." This is not how it works.

We must be very careful the path we walk that we do not find ourselves caught in a snare of the devil. We could easily find ourselves "...shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars." I hope this does not describe your life.

I hope that you find yourself the bond slave of the Lord Jesus Christ. If not you need to run to Jesus because He can set you free from all bondage and then you can be His for all eternity.

So, what has you in bondage today?