Are You Vulnerable?

““Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat.

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail.

And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

But he replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”

 Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.”

Luke 22:31-34

 

What would it take to knock you out of the race?

Would it be a violent, forceful shove from the enemy or would it be nothing more than a glance in your direction that you misinterpret and take offence to?

Scripture tells us that the enemy goes around like a roaring lion...

A lion preys upon the weak, the straggler, the vulnerable.

He stays away from the crowd.

Why make his job more difficult than it need be.

Those on the fringe become his easy targets.

Maybe an offense drove you to the fringe.

Maybe it was an activity that drew you out of regular fellowship.

Perhaps lukewarmness was the reason.

Whatever the cause; the edges of the fellowship, the fringe if you will, is not the place to be.

Did you ever hear the expression “There is safety in numbers.”

Why is that?

Because we can look out for one another.

We can set a watch and care for the weak, the lame, even sometimes the foolhardy.

“God sets the solitary in families...”

We think it only to because of loneliness but could it also be for protection?

If you are ‘on the fringes’ it is time to come back to the place of safety.

Don’t make yourself vulnerable to the enemy.