Stupid VS Foolish
Stupid means commiting a mistake once and learning from it. Foolish is commiting the same mistake again and again without doing anything to it. It can be if you made a mistake, am aware of it, want to change but gave in to temptation easily and commit the same mistake again.
In the old testiment, Pharoah commited the same mistakes over and over again because of his foolishness, stubborness or whatever you call it. Consequences? Of course there were consequences he had to face. There were 9 in all. The Plague of Blood, Frogs, Gnats, Flies, Livestock, Boils, Hail, Locusts and Darkness. He was tempted. He succumb to his desire for pleasure. He chose Satan’s beautifully clothed temptations over God’s presence. However, in the new testiment, something similar happened again. This time, Satan tried to tempt Jesus [ Luke 4:1-13 ]. Jesus was in a desert where he fasted for 40 days and in those 40 days, Satan tempted Jesus. No doubt Jesus was hungry and weak. Can you imagine 40 days w/o food? Man, I definitely can’t even survive a day w/o food. First temptation: 3The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone.’”. Second temptation: 5The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. 7So if you worship me, it will all be yours.” 8Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’”. Third temptation: 9The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. 10For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; 11they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” 12Jesus answered, “It says: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”. What does this tell us? Even Jesus, who was so vulnerable that time was tempted and he did not give in? Well, how did he did that? He was rooted in God’s word and he prayed. He did not rely on his own strength and determination but instead he chose to follow God’s ways.
Strong VS Weak
(luke warm is rejected)
The 2 categories of people whom Satan will target. The strong and weak christians. Strong christians because all the more Satan want to bring them away from God. Weak christians because Satan wants to end their relationship with God. Why not luke warm christians? They are the most unstable ones and will stray from God even w/o temptations.
Above the 2 points are from Daniel’s sharing this morning. Found it really encouraging that’s why decided to blog about it. Haha. Well, both points are really applicable to me too. As he was sharing this morning about the stupid and foolish things, a lot of memories flashed back about the mistakes which I had made repeatedly in the past. I rmbr I was very convicted after Heros camp not to make the same mistake again but before Level up camp, I fell into temptation once again and commited the same mistake. Well, no doubt the consequences was much heavier and I had to pay for it. Now, what I can do is to learn from the mistakes which COST and leave no regrets. Also, recently I’ve drifted from God. Not experiencing or hearing from him, not seeking him with the right heart attitude and stuffs. Before that, I thought I was doing well. Unexpectedly, Satan came into the picture. Initially, I felt indifferent. Nothing seemed to be going wrong. But gradually, I felt far away from God, and I know it’s because I was too contented with being where I was. Therefore, no matter how well I’m walking with God right now, I want to continue to seek him with the same desperate and child like heart.
