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"Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?" Proverbs 6:27 (KJV)
After having been dormant for over 500 years, on June 12, 1991 Mount Pinatubo began to erupt, and three days later exploded with twice the power of the 1980 Mount St. Helen's eruption. The release of power blasted a cubic mile off the mountaintop and the earth shook for eight hours. The eruption produced an ash cloud that rose over 50,000 feet into the atmosphere. If that wasn't enough, Typhoon Yunga then struck the island nation with fierce winds and torrential rains which mixed with the ash creating what the locals called "Black Saturday!
The United States was forced to abandon and eventually close Clark Air Force base, located just a few miles from Mount Pinatubo, due to the devastating blanket of fallen ash. When a vulcanologist was asked to account for the widespread damage which sent thousands of American soldiers and Filipinos fleeing, he replied, "When a volcano is silent for many years, people forget it's a volcano and begin to treat it like a mountain."
I believe that the same can be said of sin. Even the smallest of sins can lead us down a slippery slope leading to death and destruction. How deceptive is the enemy in making us feel as though we are strong through our own power. Solomon writes this warning in Proverbs to remind us that if we were to play with something such as fire, we will be burned. In the same way, can we think to ourselves that we can play with a little sin and not have it affect our spirit and relationship with the Father? No, let’s not deceive ourselves but put our trust in Him and daily deny our flesh and turn from evil to do the will of our loving, all-powerful Father.
After having been dormant for over 500 years, on June 12, 1991 Mount Pinatubo began to erupt, and three days later exploded with twice the power of the 1980 Mount St. Helen's eruption. The release of power blasted a cubic mile off the mountaintop and the earth shook for eight hours. The eruption produced an ash cloud that rose over 50,000 feet into the atmosphere. If that wasn't enough, Typhoon Yunga then struck the island nation with fierce winds and torrential rains which mixed with the ash creating what the locals called "Black Saturday!
The United States was forced to abandon and eventually close Clark Air Force base, located just a few miles from Mount Pinatubo, due to the devastating blanket of fallen ash. When a vulcanologist was asked to account for the widespread damage which sent thousands of American soldiers and Filipinos fleeing, he replied, "When a volcano is silent for many years, people forget it's a volcano and begin to treat it like a mountain."
I believe that the same can be said of sin. Even the smallest of sins can lead us down a slippery slope leading to death and destruction. How deceptive is the enemy in making us feel as though we are strong through our own power. Solomon writes this warning in Proverbs to remind us that if we were to play with something such as fire, we will be burned. In the same way, can we think to ourselves that we can play with a little sin and not have it affect our spirit and relationship with the Father? No, let’s not deceive ourselves but put our trust in Him and daily deny our flesh and turn from evil to do the will of our loving, all-powerful Father.
WOD:
"Elizabeth"
21-15-9 reps for time of:
135-lb. cleans
Ring dips
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