It is not enough to merely fear the Lord if we are going to continue to serve those idols in our life that take precedence over our reverence of and service to God. That will lead to a spiritual legacy that is undesirable to think about. It is important for us to question ourselves as to just how long we will allow ourselves to walk in sin and idol worship. We must consider, at some point in our journey toward the very face of God, our need to put our flesh to death, even as Christ suffered in His flesh. It is the only way that we will be able to walk in the Spirit. The Lord told us this more eloquently through Peter in I Peter 4:1-3. Absorb its truth, especially the last sentence. This is a verse that has helped me tremendously as I have striven to remove idols and sin from my own heart.
Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatry.
God's point to us is simple and clear: Enough time has already passed in our lives that we have lived with a divided and spiritually unhealthy heart. We have spent plenty of time already pursuing those things that divide our heart because they are more important to us than He is! So we must ask ourselves this question: When is enough, ENOUGH?
What is the sin that you commit the most? How long have you been practicing this particular sin? How much longer do you plan to practice it? Is today the day you will say, "ENOUGH!" ?
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