Proverbs 7:14-21, “I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.”

Yesterday we were reminded to be aware and alert to sin’s appeal, and today’s devotion calls us to be alert and aware of sin’s power. Growing flowers is difficult. Growing weeds is easy. Sin spoils your life. That is all sin, not just the “serious” ones. Sin will spread like weeds throughout your life, and choke out the things of God. Sin is powerful, but its power has been broken by Jesus! “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4).Be alert to and aware of sin’s power because you are not greater than sin, but Jesus in you is!