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OMISSIONS MAKE WAY FOR COMMISSIONS
I have been sharing about how Satan subtly woos God’s people to become like society around them. He does it little by little, so faintly that we hardly know we are changing. We are like sheep, just as God says (Isaiah 53:6). Originally, I come from New Zealand which is a sheep country.
A farmer in New Zealand can have hundreds and thousands of sheep munching, eating, resting and growing their wool on the beautiful green hillsides of this country. But if one lone sheep finds a hole in the fence, it’s not long before another sheep will follow. Then another. Ever so gradually all the sheep slowly move towards that hole in the fence. It may take a few days, but eventually, all those sheep can land up in another paddock! Why? Because they follow one another. They don’t even know they are in another paddock. They didn’t think they were gravitating somewhere else. They just followed and suddenly they were in a different place.
What is the greatest deterrent to not be fooled by the devil? I believe it is the daily reading (morning and evening) of God’s word. Personally. And also as a family.
I recently read a quote from the great Bible commentator, Matthew Henry. Are you familiar with him? By the way, did you see the movie that came out recently called THE GREAT AWAKENING? It was amazing. It’s about the life of George Whitfield who also became friends with Benjamin Franklin. Anyway, Matthew Henry died the day George Whitfield was born and when he became a Christian later on, he took hold of Matthew Henry’s commentary of the Bible land took it with him everywhere he went.
The quote I read from Matthew Henry was: “Omissions make way for commissions.” Very true. And especially regarding this subject. When we let go of reading God’s word and let other things fill its place, we will easily become prey for the devil’s deceptions. When God’s voice is absent, other voices begin to take stage. I believe God’s word is the antidote against all deception.
We are raising our children in a world of deception. We must richly fill them with God’s pure, eternal, and unadulterated words (Colossians 3:16). Are you gathering your children morning and evening to hear God’s word and discuss it together? You cannot let this go. Make it your daily habit. It comes first. Before everything else.
And let me tell you a little secret. It won’t happen unless you make it happen. Everything else in your home must fit around this most important mandate.
Masny blessings to you and your family,
Nancy Campbell
