Deal or no Deal?

Psalm 73:2

“But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold.”

 

·      If you don’t know temptation is all around us, 24/7! It’s funny because recently we’ve been doing the study in our life groups about D.E.S.I.G.N. and teaching people that God has a design, a plan, a purpose for their lives. But if we flip the script this also means that the Devil has a plan to try to distort and break the plans of God. If he can get us to lose sight of the purposes of God then his plans prevail over Gods. In Jeremiah 29:11 the Lord declares His plan for our lives “…plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Imagine if we truly lived out His plan for our lives? How different would my life look like? The Psalmist said one word that truly blew me away and that one word was “almost.” How many of us were face to face with temptation, defeat, or compromise and we give in? I know I have but this Psalmist was at the threshold of giving into the plans of the enemy, “he ALMOST slipped…” but he didn’t.

·      I don’t want to live so close to the line of defeat, of temptation, of compromise. I want to be as far away as I possibly can. If I ever am faced with any of these oppositions I want to be able to say like the Psalmist, “I almost slipped.” I almost gave into the plans of the enemy but then I remembered the plan that God has for my life, a plan of prosperity, hope, and a great future. I don’t want to put what God has for me on the line.

·      Lord help me to be reminded of your plans daily. When I’m at work, in my house, at school, while I’m driving everywhere and anywhere let me be reminded of your plans. Keep me from slipping or compromising m future. I want to live to the fullest and live out what you created me to do and to be.