This past Saturday we took a morning ride to have a nice breakfast with some friends. On the way out, the temperature was 30F, a little chilly but manageable.
Gotta love living in North Carolina, we do ride year-round here, even if it takes a few extra layers!
After breakfast, we headed home. On the way back the temperature had gone up to about 42F. It was warmer, yet my core was noticeably colder.
When we stopped at a light, I noticed my jacket collar was not snapped shut. That little gap was allowing air in and I felt it inside my whole core.
When speaking about sin, Paul said, "Don't you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth." 1 Cor 5:6-8 (NIV)
Although I was dressed warmly from head to toe, I had allowed cold air in at just a small place. Sin is like that. We cannot allow even one area of compromise to penetrate our life. If I did not stop and snap my collar shut, I would have had a miserable ride, shivering before long. I had to stop, close the gap and then move on. The same goes for sin, even as you are reading these words, the Holy Spirit may very well be pointing out an area to you where you have something you need to deal with. If so, it's best to stop, repent, and then move on.
