In Case of a Fall

The experts said that the Titanic was "unsinkable!"  However, it sunk when it hit an iceberg.  A huge jet aircraft had to make an emergency landing because a single, small bird disabled its engine.  The giant, Goliath, who was covered in heavy armor, carrying a sword and shield, was killed by a small shepherd boy, named David, who had only a stone and a slingshot.  In other words--"THE BIGGER THEY ARE, THE HARDER THEY FALL!"

People can get "puffed-up" with PRIDE...thinking they are big shots...that they are in control...that they know all the answers and are invincible...but "pride always comes before a fall!"  [Proverbs 16:18]

Recently, a famous Christian artist (Thomas Kincade) suddenly died.  I'd admired his artwork and had read a book he'd written--confessing his faith in Jesus Christ, etc.  So I was shocked to learn he'd gotten divorced, was in deep financial trouble, living with a woman, and had basically turned his back on God.  Oh--it grieved me so!  WHY...was it the fame, the fortune, or the flesh? 

The little shepherd boy, David, became a mighty King--yet he, too, fell into a similar lifestyle.  BUT--there was ONE BIG DIFFERENCE between the two:  David repented, confessed his sins, and returned to a right relationship with the Lord.  That's why God could say, David, "you're a man after My own heart!"  [I Samuel 14:7]  Read Psalm 51, which is David's prayer of repentence.

Thou we fall, we shall not be cast down forever, if we turn to the Lord, and ask Him to cleanse our hearts, and He will lift us up again.  [See: Psalm 37:24] 

Remember, only His love can  lift us up!