Few of us would knowingly make a decision to turn away from God. Yet there have been times in each of our lives when we have yielded to sin without considering the cost of our decision. Perhaps the thought has been one of careless action, with the idea that at any point we can simply turn and walk back to God. While it is true that the Lord is eager to restore the repentant heart, what we fail to calculate are the consequences that come from our disobedience. P hysical distress is only one result.
Sin stirs up all kinds of deep emotions within a person.
It sings a siren song. How wrong we are to listen and respond to inner urges such as this. Each time a person yields to sin, he gives away a part of himself that belongs to God. Spiritually speaking, we set a distance between us and God. We move away from the Lord and toward desires, habits, and beliefs that are in opposition to the life God calls us to live.