Yield and be Conquered
Yielding is the first waver in which doubt persists. By yielding you allow evil an opportunity to fasten its talons deep in your past, present, and future. Do not yield. Do not fall. This was the mentality that secured my faith. When I yielded, I fell. When I wavered once, I yielded twice, and fell down a stairway of curbs.
A Felon, An Accountant, and A Priest, all commit the same crime. Who is the most to blame?
I once believed that all would be treated equally. I was wrong. Only in the ideals of God can such impartial judgments be decided. I once reasoned that fairness would be taken into weighing punishment and dispensing mercy where it was deserved. I was also wrong.
Who is the most to blame? the Priest.
Those who try to walk a righteous path must never stray or stumble. When a shepherd lapses, the flock will scatter, the sheep will be torn to bits, the blame alone rest with the shepherd, who took no delight from that day forth. Contrition is the curse of good men, we learn, we suffer, and we pray for mercy that never comes. Know that all life is sacred, and that once taken can never be restored. The Priest is a hypocrite, a wretch, a blaspheme, and a canard. The accountant can recover from his failure. The felon was expected to fail. But, the Priest’s life is irrecoverable. NEVER walk a righteous path unless you are ready to bring ruin to your life. Good men do not triumph, good men do not win, good men do not enjoy the pleasures of life, and because of all this good men are hard to find. Look for the man with a wet face, he washes it regularly to hide the fatigue of his aches and sorrows. He is the righteous man, the one who helps and expects nothing in return. For this he is poor in friends, food, and fun. His is the toil of man, to work the earth till his brow has has grown heavy in years. When tested, the right thing is easy. When no test is given, the right choice offers no reward, and often consequences to suffer.
Thus, be evil. Be evil and deserve the consequences. Enjoy what little pleasures life has to offer, relish in the delights of the flesh, eat that extra slice of cake, finish off that last bottle, steal that new television, and take joy in the few fleeting moments of happiness available. Otherwise, you will whipped the same, scars to bear, with nothing to show, except anguish and bitterness.
Welcome to the righteous path, any takers?
This is a good post. It makes me think of this verse…
“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience- among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the deisres of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ- by grace you have been saved- and raised us up with him an dseated us with him in the heavenly places in Chrsit Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:1-9