You’ve no doubt seen someone stub a toe or stumble and thought it was pretty funny. For those who are fully developed and can walk and run, it’s sometimes the smallest of things that can trip us up, and so it is spiritually. It’s easy to focus on the ‘big’ sins or on those who have obviously gone astray, but there are other things that Satan puts in our path that can just as easily trip us up –either by failing to do those things God has given us to do or by doing those things that displease Him.
Jesus said, “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone” (Matt. 23:23). There were some who craved public recognition for giving (Matt. 6:1) or were focused on the outward appearance of righteousness (Matt. 6:27-28) but had stumbled by omitting the weightier matters of the law –imagine leaving off ‘faith’! And notice Jesus pointed out they shouldn’t leave off paying tithes, but they should not have left the other undone.
One of the specific encouragements we have is to not be weary in well doing (Gal. 6:9). But a warning before that comes in Galatians 6:7, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” It’s easy to sow to the things of this life and rejoice in the material things we can possess but Jesus reminds us to “Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth” (Luke 12:15). We shouldn’t trip over the bright shiny objects along the path of life and be caught up in loving the world and things in the world, which will all perish. (1 John 2:15).
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So what’s the key to not stumbling spiritually? The wise man tells us it lies in God’s wisdom and Word, “Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life” (Prov. 4:10-13).
–Matthew Johnson
