19 April 2015: Sunday
BACK TO YOUR VOMIT?
Often, when someone who starts off very well in the Christian race and then cools off later.
Sometimes, some people who used to be very hot for the Lord may even
leave the Lord completely. When such things happen,
thoughtful minds wonder, “Who will be the next to leave.the Lord?” invariably, the answer is “Not me!”
We are all kept standing by the grace and strength of the Lord.
Another word for going back to your vomit is backsliding.
It means to turn away from the Lord ( 1 Kings 11:9 ). It
also means to grow cold and leave your first love ( Revelations 2:4 ).
When a person returns to his vomit,
there will be a loss of joy, happiness, peace of mind and
power. Darkness and murmuring will replace light and
songs of praise. That will not be your portion in Jesus’ Name.
When I was meditating on Elisha’s decisions to kill off his oxen, I realised that he did this to demonstrate the
burning of the bridge that could lead him back to his vomit ( 1 Kings 19:21 ).
The one who is going to become
great must make up his or her mind never to look back.
Whatever will not let you follow Jesus through and through will be destroyed in Jesus’ Name. I am never sympathetic
to anything that could stop me from becoming what God wants me to become. Whatever will not let you ascend to
the greatness that God has for you must give way.
Any friendship with the world or association with anyone that
will impede your progress to the place of greatness must be removed.
The past is gone, and the present must be faced with proper zeal and commitment.
Anyone driving a car cannot
afford to concentrate on the rear mirror if they want to
avoid catastrophe and disaster.
This is why Paul said that
he forgets those things that are behind ( Philippians 3:13 ).
There are many reasons why some people go back to their vomit. The major reasons why Lot went back to his vomit
was because he lusted after something that was not God’s will for him. The love of money has made many people
sell their future. This was the case with Judas Iscariot ( John 12:4-6 ).
You cannot serve God and please the
world at the same time. When you find someone who has
always been fervent in the things of God now giving
excuses for being absent from church programmes, it is
only a matter of time; the person will soon return to his or her vomit. If you find yourself in such a situation, God is saying to you like the prodigal son, return and be forgiven.
God does not want any sinner to die in his sins; neither does He want His children to be at the mercy of the devil.
It doesn’t matter how far down you have gone; He is ready to make you a better child of His.
Action Point: Examine yourself; if you have backslidden in any way, repent and return to your first works.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God,
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