Little Sins to Open the Backdoor!

*“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the

Holy One is understanding.* - Prov 9:10. There are many people who do not

walk in the fear of the Lord, and in all honesty, I am one of those people.

I do fear God, but not as much as I believe that I should. I read a meme

that said, "STOP WITH THE EXCUSES! We as Christian's need to stop using the

"God is still working on me" line as an excuse to continue to justify doing

the things we know are displeasing to God." I asked a question, "Between

1-10, how much do you fear God? 10 is extreme". Most answers were 10's and

there was an 11. If so many people "Fear God" than why are things the way

they are? I know of people that are so caught up in what they want, that

they have forgotten about Whom they serve and why. Marriages are falling

apart, children are neglected and pushed aside, broken people are

abandoned, people are starving, sin is rampant with out conviction. Pride,

selfishness and the enemy seem to be in the forefront of the cause of these

problems. Everyone has little sins that they deal with and those little

sins are offensive to God as well. Charles Spurgeon wrote - “When Satan

cannot get a great sin in he will let a little one in, like the thief who

goes and finds shutters all coated with iron and bolted inside. At last he

sees a little window in a chamber. He cannot get in, so he puts a little

boy in, that he may go round and open the back door. So the devil has

always his little sins to carry about with him to go and open back doors

for him, and we let one in and say, ‘O, it is only a little one.’ Yes, but

how that little one becomes the ruin of the entire man!” I would like all

who have made it this far to read and think on Prov 9:10 in the Amplified,

*The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him

as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of wisdom [its

starting point and its essence], And the knowledge of the Holy One is

understanding and spiritual insight.*

Douglas