CONCERT OF PRAYER

Pray Week 783

“Repulsive”

Proverbs 26:11 (ESV)  Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.

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We have all probably witnessed and been repulsed by the sight of a dog retching up a slimy mass only to return to it and eat it again.  No matter how much we like to consider our dogs to be ‘family’ they are and always will be animals.  They will act and react according to their animal passions and instincts, even to the point of engaging in what we consider to be repulsive behavior.

There are many documentaries and books on the subject of ‘The Human Animal’ today. The theory is that our instincts and behaviors remain rooted in our animal ancestry from which we have ‘evolved’.  To deny a Creator God and subscribe to the theory of evolution is foolish.

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” – Psalm 14:1a

It truly is the fool who denies God and chooses to live on an animal plane of existence seeking primarily to satisfy human passions and lusts. The Psalmist continues to write concerning the fool:

They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good. – Psalm 14:1b

It is not that they do not know about God.  All of mankind is without excuse for failing to acknowledge God.

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. – Romans 1:19

Even more foolish are those who have a depth of understanding of God’s Word and yet twist and corrupt its truth for personal gain and to satisfy the lust of the flesh as they lead impressionable people astray.  Peter writes that it would have been better for them to never have known the way of righteousness than to have known and turned away from it.

What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.” – 2 Peter 2:22

Just as we are repulsed by some animal behavior, imagine how repulsive our sinful behavior can be to God – we who have been made in His image. Having accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are born again by the Spirit of God.

We know that our old selfwas crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. – Romans 6:6

When we purposely turn our backs on God and choose to return to a sin habit we are disgracing God’s Grace.  It is detestable in His sight.

May you have the commitment and conviction to not allow your sinful nature to have control.  May God’s Holy Spirit make any sin issue that you are repeatedly drawn to as repulsive in your sight as it is to Him.

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. – Gal 5:24