+DEV+ Dangers of Assumption

Date: August 17, 2010 9:05 PM
Topic: +DEV+ Dangers of Assumption

Dangers of Assumption

"Encourage one another daily...so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness...'if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts'..." (Hebrews 3:13, 15a).
Scripture Focus: Revelation 2:1-7

"How can you stand the smell?" I asked a friend's dad who worked in a tannery.

"You get used to it," he replied.

Our sense of smell picks up odors right away, but somehow we grow desensitized after a length of time. While this may be a blessing for people in some occupations, it can cause them to lose awareness of how they smell when they leave work. All of our senses may grow less perceptive over time.

After years of reading or hearing God's Word, we may face the danger of taking our relationship with Him for granted and losing the awe it once inspired.

We also encounter the danger of accepting the sin around us and in us. For instance, we may hardly notice profanity if we hear it constantly. Rather than growing numb to the repulsiveness of sin, let's encourage each other daily to remain faithful to the Lord. Let the Creator awaken your spiritual senses to see and hear new insights as you read His Word year after year.

Insight: Today, ask God to make us aware of the beauty He wants us to enjoy and the ugliness He wants us to avoid.