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Be Careful!

Several years ago my wife Carolyn and I were hiking on Mount Rainierin Washington when we came to a swollen, glacial stream. Someone had flattened one side of a log and dropped it across the river to form a crude bridge, but there was no handrail and the log was slippery.

The prospect of walking on the wet log was frightening, and Carolyn didn’t want to cross. But she found the courage, and slowly, carefully she inched her way to the other side.

On the way back we had to walk on the same log, and she did so with the same care. “Are you afraid?” I asked.

“Of course,” she replied, “that’s what keeps me safe.” Again, fully aware of the danger, she made her way to safety.

Much of life poses moral danger for us. We should never assume in any situation that we’re incapable of falling. “Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall” (1 Cor.10:12). Given the opportunity and circumstances, any of us are capable of falling into any sin. To believe otherwise is sheer folly.

We must watch and pray and arm ourselves for every occasion by putting our total trust in God (Eph. 6:13). “God is faithful” (1 Cor. 10:13), and He will give us the strength to keep from falling. —David Roper

The hand of God protects our way
When we would do His will;
And if through danger we must go,
We know He’s with us still. —D. De Haan

God provides the armor, but we must put it on.