Matthew 16:8
The lack of faith on the part of the disciples is easy to pounce on from our vantage point. However, this kind of thing happens all the time. The disciples were not stupid. They were not simply hard of hearing or blind. They were distracted. This is the great enemy of faith. Many are they who would believe, if they ever stopped long enough to really think about it.
What I am getting at is the easily forgotten sin of complacency. It is perhaps the most forgotten problem we face. Complacency kills faith. It puts faith off. It sacrifices the urgent on the altar of the circumstantial. It makes the strongest of Christians forget God. It is dangerous. Those who fall prey to it a often they who will succeed in fighting other temptations. The disciples were right there with Christ. Certain sins would have been unthinkable at the time. But, complacency, it is always there.
Bible Reading: Proverbs 19:1-21:31
Scripture Memory: 1 John 4:6 “We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us, he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.”
Prayer: Heavenly Father, may we escape complacency! Your greatness is enough to snap us out of it. You can draw us out of ourselves and our circumstances. You can bring us to reality. Thank You for Your nature! It calls us to consider what we would never imagine in this world of complacency. Thank You for Your Son and Your salvation through him! In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I pray and praise You, Amen.
Prayer Requests: Pray for a man with a broken leg. Pray for a man who needs salvation. Pray for the persecuted church.
Journal Entry #13302