Learn To Hate Sin

“Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the royal family and of the nobles, youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding, and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for serving in the king's court; and he ordered him to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans. And the king appointed for them a daily ration from the king's choice food and from the wine which he drank, and appointed that they should be educated three years, at the end of which they were to enter the king's personal service. Now among them from the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. Then the commander of the officials assigned new names to them; and to Daniel he assigned the name Belteshazzar, to Hananiah Shadrach, to Mishael Meshach, and to Azariah Abed-nego.
But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king's choice food or with the wine which he drank; so he sought permission from the commander of the officials that he might not defile himself.” Daniel 1:3-8

There is a form of training still practiced in many homes which has lasting effects. How many little mouths each day utter some naughty word of exclamation and soon experience the strong, pungent taste of a bar of hand soap?

In much the same way. God uses adversity to help us remember consequences of sin. The smell, the taste, the texture, the duration of the consequences are forever drilled into our memories.

“How terrible,” some say. The consequences of disobedience may be terrible, but they come only after being sifted through the loving hands of God the Father.

The consequences of sin which we endure are a constant motivation for every child of God to develop a keen hatred and aversion to any type of evil.

Actually, it is love that motivates God. His desire is to protect us from what He knows can destroy us and our future effectiveness. Sin robs us of potential opportunities and blessings which God has provided.

If you have not developed a hatred or aversion to sin, you can expect adversity’s arrival.