The LORD Will Keep Us From Sin

This morning I am in the story of Abraham and Abimelech. Briefly, although I do encourage the reading of the story, Abraham came to the land of Abimelech’s rule. He did not mention Sarah to be his wife, but only his sister. Abimelech took Sarah intending for her to be his wife. The LORD came to Abimelech and let him in on who Sarah was. Abimelech returned Sarah to Abraham along and also gave servants and livestock and silver. All was made well.

“³But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, ‘Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man’s wife.’ ⁶Then God said to him in the dream, ‘Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.’” – Genesis 20:3&6 (ESV)

You see, The LORD did not stop Abimelech from taking Sarah, but He did keep him from sinning with Sarah, another man’s wife.

God will keep us from sin when we are seeking Him. I have to remember to each day focus on doing the will of God and when doing so, I will avoid doing those things that may be of the world.

I do have to remember though that I will still sin and need forgiveness. The sinning that God will keep me from will be those sins that are conscious to me. When doing the work of the LORD, I will be focused on His work and therefore will not be consciously thinking of doing those things that would be sins against Him.

Our work for the LORD gives Him our heart and He will dwell there and keep us from sin.

How are you keeping from sin? Are you working to do it on your own? What if you focused on doing the work of God and allowing Him to keep you from sin?