Avoid Fallout!
"So I will restore to you the years that the
swarming locust has eaten, the crawling
locust,
the consuming locust, and the chewing locust."
Joel 2: 25
In the late 1940s when people began to consider
the consequences of atomic weapons, a new word
came into our vocabulary: fallout.
The word fallout soon came to be used to describe
the results of any kind of problem. Christians began
to talk about the fallout of their sins, the aftereffects
of hurt and pain that follow disobedience.
When we sin and ask God’s forgiveness, He's
happy to give it. Blood doesn’t lose its power.
But that doesn’t mean we’re exempt from the
fallout of sin.
Our sin bears consequences, and we
reap
what we sow. If you have sin in your life, go
to God for forgiveness, then trust Him to
manage the repercussions.
Romans 8:28 says that “all things” work together
for good for those who love the Lord. Even though
fallout of sin is painful, God can even use that—in
time—for His purposes and His glory. He can
restore what the locusts have
eaten.
"Repentance breaks the abscess
of sin, and then the soul is at ease."
Thomas Watson
