ODB: Life is Like Riding a Bicycle

Eat, Our Daily Bread | December 30, 2010 12:03 am

December 30, 2010 


Our God is a God of second chances.

 

READ: Hebrews 11:32-40 

All these . . . obtained a good testimony through faith. —Hebrews 11:39 

In a letter to his son Eduard, Albert Einstein gave this advice: “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” The great physicist’s advice is wise and practical.

This wise counsel can apply to the Christian life. Many believers by faith keep moving ahead through painful and trying circumstances. But when they experience a personal moral failure, they lose their balance and fall. Their regret and feeling of unworthiness of God’s forgiveness may then keep them down and they no longer move ahead in their spiritual life.

The Bible gives us many examples of those who have experienced serious personal failure. Abraham lied to Pharaoh about his wife, Sarah (Gen. 12:11-17). Jacob deceived his father to acquire Esau’s blessing (Gen. 27:18-29). Moses disobeyed God by striking the rock instead of speaking to it (Num. 20:7-12). Despite their failures, we are told: “all these . . . obtained a good testimony through faith” (Heb. 11:39).

These biblical characters are lifted up as examples because after they fell, they turned back to God and began to follow Him again. Have you lost your spiritual balance through a sinful choice, which is keeping you down? Repent and follow the God of second chances once again.

- Dennis Fisher

Source: Our Daily Bread

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2 Comments

  1. Doris says:

    I’m thankful to our great God above because this sharing truly touched my heart and brought encouragement to me and my loved ones.
    Indeed, i will appreciate His second chance and my journey of life becomes meaningful because of what He has done for me.

    Reply
  2. eric says:

    im postin dis on fb.
    SHALOM

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