The High Price of Sin

“‘Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own household; I will even take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight. Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and under the sun.’” 
2 Samuel 12:10-12

It’s interesting how children like to make up their own games. I suppose kids have been doing this ever since the game was invented, but have you seen a child play with a set of dominoes? They stand them on end, make a line with the pieces, then knock the end piece over, and watch as the whole line - one by one - is knocked down.

Well, sin is no game, but its effect is the same as that string of domino pieces when it comes to the lives of men and women. Known, willing disobedience to God starts a downward trend, and like the dominoes, a person’s life (which has taken so long to build) begins to fall - piece by piece.

Do you find yourself today on the brink of upsetting that first domino piece? Are you contemplating an act which will lead to the ruin of your life? How many times do you suppose David caught himself wishing he’d taken a different course of action?

Regret is a hard partner to live with. Your conduct today can have continuing consequences for the rest of your life. How are you building for your future?

“Watch over your heart with all diligence,
for from it flow the springs of life.”  Proverbs 4:23