Spiritually Sunburned

"But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ." - 2 Corinthians 11:3

This past Saturday I was laying out by the pool with a few of my fellow interns. All was good! It was a gorgeous day, bright and beautiful, and the water was cool and refreshing and I had all the sunscreen I needed to prevent the harmful rays of the sun. But despite all of the sunscreen I got extremely burned. It is funny how being burned by the sun is a process. You don't just get burned by spending 5 minutes in the sun. You can be having a lot of fun out in the sun, hearing from your friends that you dont look that red, but then you find after a hot shower that you are indeed as bright as Ronald McDonald's nose.

It is a lot like sin in our lives. Most of us find ourselves at some point in our lives battling some kind of habitual sin and ask the simple question, "how did I get here?" We get distracted by the fun under the sun, and the constant approval by our friends that we never notice the attempts of Satan to distract us from following Christ. Then in the end, we find ourselves burnt. We find ourselves searching for something that will undue what has been done. But like a sunburn it cant be undone, but it can be healed. Christ offers us healing. He doesnt say that He will undue the consequences but He gives His mercy and love which is essential in the healing process.

To be very simple, We have all been spiritually "sunburn," looking for something that will heal our aching soul. The only one that can regenerate your soul is Jesus Christ and sacrifice on the cross.

Take some time and check yourself to see if you are getting "burned."