The Razor Edge of Failure

Good morning, brothers. I look forward to starting this new week with you. Trust you had a god weekend. One of the daily devotionals I read, and have been reading for years, is one by Dr. Glyn Evans, Daily with the King. It is available from Amazon.com and you can download to your Kindle or other reading device.

Today’s devotional is a good reminder for all of us. Be blessed.

“Now then let the fear of the Lord be upon you; be very careful what you do, for the Lord our God will have no part in unrighteousness” (2 Chronicles 19: 7).

One of my strong affirmations is the security of the believer. I think it is a precious truth, but I also believe in the insecurity of the believer. I think it is a precious truth also. How many times have I stumbled because I thought I was secure, and how many times have I been victorious because of my very insecurity? If the Israelites had one main fault, it was false security (1 Corinthians 10:1–13). Despite the fact that they passed through the Red Sea, were guided by the cloud, and had been fed manna, they lusted after “evil things” (v. 6). They had every reason not to fall; yet fall they did, all because their past blessings became sedatives instead of stimulants. That is a warning to me: I must not “think security,” or I will fall (vv. 11–12).

The best way for me to live is on the razor edge of failure. I must be insecure enough to cling to the everlasting arms. If God blesses me as He did the Israelites, I must immediately assume that these blessings are a preparation against future problems, not guarantees of perpetual bliss. I must appreciate my blessings and use them correctly, but never grow maudlin over them. I must get rid of my security complex. Success has a way of dimming my spiritual eye and slackening my spiritual hand.

Being in Christ is no assurance whatever that I will be immune from the lashings of Satan, the tantalizings of the world, or the rigors of God’s disciplinary grace. I will be safe only as I run scared, scared enough to be baby-like in my total dependence upon God, for the man who makes the Lord his trust is blessed and will not go astray (Psalm 40:4). “Now then let the fear of the Lord be upon you; be very careful what you do, for the Lord our God will have no part in unrighteousness” (2 Chronicles 19: 7).Evans, W. Glyn (1989-11-08). Daily With The King (Kindle Locations 3224-3240). Moody Publishers. Kindle Edition.

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Team YOU: Nehemiah 10-11; Proverbs 18; Acts 4:1-22

Motivations:  God is a specialist; He is well able to work our failures into His plans…Often the doorway to success is through the hallway of failure. Erwin W. Lutzer

Practice to Remember: Level 1:Philippians 1:21; Level 2: Philippians 1:27-30

Powered Up: You must pray in faith. You must expect to obtain things for which you ask. You need not look for an answer to prayer, if you pray without any expectation of obtaining it. – Charles Finney