Wednesday, August 27, 2008

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I am amazed by what those space shuttle astronauts can get done up there in space. Recently, they deployed what looked like a whole new compartment for the space station. It was manufactured on earth, but it hooked up perfectly with the station in space. Now we’re talking precision engineering here. That’s important down here too. A pipefitter friend of mine explained that to me. He said, “We can’t even let there be a one-sixteenth inch tolerance in our work because even a small margin like that will soon become a one-fourth inch.” And depending on what’s going through those pipes, any compromise can cause—and actually has caused—a damaging explosion; even a deadly explosion.

I’m Ron Hutchcraft and compromise can be damaging in our personal lives, too. And it can rob you of a life that matters.

See, temptation never tells you where the first compromise is going to ultimately take you. Moral explosions and marital explosions and integrity explosions usually start with just a small compromise… “Hey, just a little. Just this once. It won’t hurt.” A one-sixteenth of an inch to a one-fourth inch, and ultimately damage we could never imagine.

Here’s the battle plan from the Bible: “Desire when it is conceived gives birth to sin. And sin when it is full grown, gives birth to death.” You’ve got to fight it when it’s just a thought or a desire before it becomes an action, because it won’t stop there and you will hate where it takes you. Because sin always kills.

There’s a lot more spiritual encouragement at our website. I hope you’ll go there. It’s ALifeThatMatters.org because God put you here to live a life that matters.

The radio program references: James 1:15