A little yeast causes the whole dough to rise.
Little sins tolerated is a whole life corrupted.
Let's examine how just a little sin works through our life. How does it cause the whole lump to be affected? After all a little sin can't kill, or can it?
Sin impairs our enjoyment of life. Our minds and spirits are made to bear the additional burden of sin and guilt nagging and eating away at our consciousness. We are not free to focus on work and enjoy our work and our lives we cannot pour ourselves fully into our work because sin holds us back. We cherish and enjoy being spread out and dissipated to entertain the nagging specter of guilt rather than being concentrated and focused.
Sin messes up priorities - we prioritize according to the defense or feeding of our sin. It steals away our wholehearted focus which should rightly belong to God. So sin impairs the judgement. Our minds are no longer clear and unobstructed to be impartial because now our hearts are inclined a particular way.
Ultimately a life which is 100 percent God focused and God devoted is light and free. It is strong and light and durable like titanium. It indeed is a joyful and happy life. It is not burdened down with care or overwhelmed easily by circumstances or opposition. Strong with Gods spirit, light - in that it is not burdened by guilt or sin it is our best effort at worship in everything we do, not weighed down with regret.
A God focused life is poured out in the service of God and others. It is a useful and profitable life of service to others. It is not poured out in service of self or corrupted by greed or by ambition it is our best foot forward in the pure presence of God and earns His approval.
It is light because humility causes us to take ourselves lightly and asks the master 'what shall I do now O lord?' at every turn.
Who would not want a life like that?
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