“No one will ever know”…”Just this one time”…and the BIG ONE…”God will forgive me”. These are the deceptively simply compromises that everyone makes. (Yes, I am generalizing, because we are all subject to the pitfalls of sin) Compromise is usually subtle at first, but then it explodes into something far greater than you intended for it to be. This is because as you take a step into the little compromises in your life, you conscience gets dulled. No one is immune to sin, and the pitfalls of compromise and temptation. First and foremost, compromise is costly. Eventually if you compromise your Christian walk long enough, you will loose sight of where it all began. Take for instance King Solomon. It would do all of us well to remember those who have fallen due to compromise, and King Solomon was one of those. Solomon's experience is a warning of what will befall us if we follow his example of compromise. He had great fortune and success, but it came with a strong warning from God. "You must not intermarry with them (his wives), because they will surely turn your heart after their gods. Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love.” (1 Kings 11:2) 4 “As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been. He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech the detestable god of the Ammonites. So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not follow the LORD completely, as David his father had done. (1 Kings 11:4-6) Charles Stanley, one of my personal favorite preachers, said in one of his sermons, “It is impossible to compromise without giving up something. But what I receive may not be equal to what I give up. The question is, ‘What do I need to compromise?’ Purity? Honesty? Integrity? Our belief in the Word of God? Satan will whisper, as he did to Solomon, ‘Come on, no one’s perfect. Everyone has to give up on something to make it in this life.” Compromise is costly. It corrupts. It brings collapse, and ultimately drives you away from God…but He never leaves you. I know from personal experience that through my many personal moral compromises, that God never left me. I LEFT HIM. But through his own love, grace and mercy He accepted me home.
Psalm 111:10 “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.”
Psalm 111:10 “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.”
