"Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard,
lest at any time we should let them slip."  (I John 5:4)

It's happened to all of us. We get a little of the Word of God under our spiritual belts. We have a few victories. Our lives are going great for the first time in years. Then suddenly we slip and it all falls apart. We find ourselves having to start all over again.

Hebrews was written to a people like that. They made such great spiritual progress that they got to the place where they should have been teachers. Then they slipped back so much, they needed baby food again. (See Hebrews 5:12.)

What caused them to fall so far? They let other things get in the way of their faith. They let the promises of God slip, so they slipped.

That's happened to a multitude of believers in the last several years...myself included. Life can throw so much at us and satan puts so many temptations in front of us, that sometimes things just get cloudy, and we can't see, then we are more focused on the "problem" than we are God's Word.

I've heard people say, "We're tired of that faith stuff. I've prayed and prayed, but nothings happened." Or, "We just don't have time to spend that much time in the Word." This is where we get into trouble. We're focused on the problem and not the solution.

Have you noticed that the more time you spend with the "problem" the bigger it looks and you start thinking "I can't do this. I will never get out of this mess. I can't go on." That's because we put more faith in the problem and at that time we are living, breathing, and expecting more of it. This is when it's critical that we spend even more time in God's Word, claiming His promises to us.  Speaking them out our mouth and not letting worry and defeat consume us.

We've all turned their attention away from the promises of God at some point or let words of doubt and unbelief come out our mouth. It's not that we didn't believe them anymore. It's just that we directed our attention more to the problem.  We let our Word level drop and since low Word level equals low faith level, we soon began suffering defeat in areas where we once had victory or could and will have victory if only we had stayed focused on God and His promises, as well as speaking His Word against it...whatever it may be.

We as believers, don't need to let that happen, but we do. When things are going well, we don't need to just ride the tide of God's blessing. We need to dig deeper into what God has for us. We need to give more earnest heed to the promises of God. Concentrate on moving ahead, on becoming so strong in the Spirit that we can not only get our own needs met, we can meet others' needs as well as well as trusting God to bring us throw!

This is not always easy. I understand this...believe me, I do. I have challenges right now, I let it get me side tracked....allowed them to be mine main focus so much, that they were bigger than my faith. I just did it yesterday. This is more dangerous that we realize. When we allow our "faith level" drop and we only see the "problem/sickness/pain, etc.", we are opening the door for satan to come in and reek havoc.

"Test and trials will come". We need to remember this. Instead of letting them take our focus things of God and generating our faith in the problem, that's when we need to focus even more on the Word and all God's promises.

Remember: Low Word Level = Low Faith Level = Slip.

Don't get so busy enjoying today's victory or letting the "tests and trials" that pop up cause your tomorrow to end up in defeat. Look into the things you've learned.  Give the Word more of your attention--not less. Keep moving from faith to faith. Instead of trying to trip you up, Satan and his bunch will be crying, "Oh no, that faith man/woman is coming after us again!"  And remember, we know "Who Holds Tomorrow".

Scripture Reading for today: Hebrews 5:11-14, Hebrews 6:1-12

Midi Playing:  "I Know Who Holds Tomorrow"

 

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