DCLM Sincere Milk 13 September 2023 — Avoid Enticement
DCLM Sincere Milk 13 September 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Avoid Enticement
Topic: Avoid Enticement
Text: Proverbs 1: 10- 16
10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Key Verse: “My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.” Proverbs 1:10
Message
The dictionary defined enticement as “to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advance.” Sometimes ago, a little boy named Peter was playing in front of his house while his parents were inside. Suddenly, he noticed that a big boy was stylishly riding a bicycle along the road and he got attracted to the boy’s style of riding.
The rider noticed him and invited him to come and take a ride with him. The little boy completely forgot his parents’ warning not to follow a stranger – he joined the boy.
The rider took him far away from home. During the ride, the bigger boy stopped in front of a shop and pretended that he wanted to buy some snacks. He did not have money so he stole the snacks, jumped on his bike and rode away. Peter was left in front of the shop and the owner held him down. He did not know the boy’s name or where he came from. Peter found himself in a place he did not know and he started crying and pleading with the shop owner to let him go. He said he did not know the boy’s name or where he came from, but they did not believe him. He was beaten very well by the shop owner before allowing him to go.
Peter learnt of the danger of being enticed by strangers/evil in a hard way. If he had remembered his parents’ several counsels, he would not have fallen into the trap. Obedience to parental godly instruction is very good; it will save you from getting into trouble.
Further Reading: Proverbs 4:10-16
Prayer for today: Lord, give me the courage and wisdom to say no to sinners’ enticement.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
