Have you ever snatched a kid from danger (maybe falling off a piece of furniture or touching something harmful), only to put the kid back down and see them attempt the same action again? Why do kids do that? Why don’t they learn and stop their careless acts?
Put yourself in God’s place. How often, do you suppose, has He snatched one of His children from danger, only to see His child go back and do the same thing again? Why do we do that? Why don’t we learn and stop our careless acts?
Perhaps we forget what He has done for us. Perhaps we forget that He “cleansed” us from our “old sins” (2 Pet. 1:9). To brethren who were “turning again” to dangerous elements away from Christ (Gal. 1:6; 4:9), Paul declared that Christ “gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age” (1:4). He came to rescue me from the danger of the evil in this world! Why do I keep going back to it? Perhaps because I keep forgetting. May I daily (and especially on Sunday) lead my heart to Calvary! May I then learn to stop my careless acts!