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Daily Devotional for
Monday, March 8, 2010
CONTINUE YOUR WALKWhen David’s son was sick, he spent seven days on his face, fasting and praying. He was hoping that perhaps God would intervene and heal the little boy. David also had some time to think about what he had done and how he had managed to put himself in this position. For David, this was a time of confession, a time of taking responsibility and surrendering to the will of God. When he received the news that the child had died, the Bible says. . . Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate (2 Samuel 12:20). When recovering from the failure of sin, there is a time of contrition, a time of mourning, so to speak. And then there comes a time when we put it all behind us, and begin to move forward again. David spent seven days fasting in intercession for his son. When his son passed away, David got up and continued his life. Don’t miss the significance of this phrase: “Then David arose from the earth.” There comes a time when – after you have confessed your sin, after you have accepted responsibility for your actions and have surrendered again to the Lordship of Christ – there comes a time when it is time to get up and get on with your life. If you want to survive the failure of sin, repentance isn’t your final step, it’s your first step. After you repent, you continue your walk. That’s what David did. He got up, he washed, he went to house of God and worshiped, and he went home and went back to the business of being king. This isn’t always easy for some people to do. Sometimes some of us just want to wallow in our misery, saying, “Oh, woe is me. I’m so guilty. I’m so wretched. I’m such a failure. I’m no good to anybody.” To be honest, I think these feelings are natural in the aftermath of failure. But there comes a time when it’s time to get up and go on. You continue your life. You continue your walk. You go back to being who God called you to be and doing what God called you to do. Do you remember the story of Jonah? God told him to go preach in Nineveh. He refused and ran in the other direction. He got thrown out of a boat and swallowed by a big fish and the fish spit him out on the beach. So what did God say? “That’s it for you? You can just stay on the beach and feel guilty from now on?” No, the Bible says, Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time (Jonah 3:1). God didn’t take Jonah out of the ministry. He sent him back to Nineveh. He said, “You just go back to doing what I called you to do.” If you’ve lost the battle with sin, you may be tempted to think that God is finished with you. It’s not true. The problem is not that God gives up on his people. The problem is that his people give up on themselves. I’ve known too many believers who have gotten knocked down by sin and have decided, “What’s the use? Why bother? I’ll just stay down here from now on.” Though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again (Proverbs 24:16, NIV). That’s what it means to continue your walk. Does it mean there won’t be painful consequences to deal with? No. Does it mean there won’t be feelings of regret? No. It means that when you fail – even if you fail more than once – God isn’t finished with you. No time is the right time to quit. If you want to survive the failure of sin, there first needs to be a time of confession; afterwards, you continue your walk. You get back to doing what God called you to do. Because of Jesus, Ken Schroeder If you would like to know more about Pastor Ken then click here. Besides this Daily Devotional, you can check out the website where Pastor Ken is the Senior Pastor by clicking here. If you would like to receive Pastor Ken's Daily Devotional by email five days a week - Monday through Friday, click here and you will be directed to a sign up form. 
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