Take Heed*

In I Corinthians 10:12 "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." There are warnings given to us in this chapter. It refers back to the Israelites and some of the awesome things they experience as God led them out of Egypt. God led them by a pillar of smoke by day and fire by night. They went thru the Red Sea on dry land. God feeds them with Manna from on high. They got water out of a rock and yet they murmured and strayed. Nothing had ever happened like this previously or since. They saw the awesomeness of God in a miraculous way. The scripture says God was displeased with many of them. It is said to be the biggest understatement of all time, of 6 million only two people survived to actually enter the promised land. They turned to idolatry, sexual immorality, grumbled and complained, turned against Moses and Aaron. This scripture written to the Corinthians is mainly written to Jews or to us as Christians as a warning. They turned to sexual immorality and idolatry and 24,000 were slain before Phinehas intervened on their behalf and stopped the plague.  God, who had done so much for them in miraculous ways, was angry with them. Korah rebelled with another 120 leaders and the ground opened up and swallowed them and their families alive. The very next day the people murmured again and God started a plague and Aaron stood with incense to appease God between the living and the dead. 14, 700 were slain in that plague before it was stopped by Aaron standing between the living and the dead. God tells us these things in his word as a warning. Look at history, don't be overconfident and teach others and then miss out on eternity by straying.  I think we can be lulled to sleep in our Christian walk and talk all this spiritual talk and not live pleasing to God and miss out in the end. Take heed this scripture tells us, stay in tune with God. It is said that history repeats itself and if we do not heed the warnings of history, we are doomed to repeat them. I don't like scriptures like this, we are not so different from these Israelites that we see the miracles God performs and still turn away unto our own way. It is scary to think about how angry God became with their disobedience. I really am no different today then they were. I see where I allowed sin to creep into my life as I claimed to be a Christian. I am really no different. But I can take heed and check my life and my heart and see if I have a heart after God. It is a good thing to take inventory of our lives and hearts and see where we stand with God. Take heed, and God bless LVZ.