God’s Will To Fill (Part 2)

“Don’t you realize that this sin is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough?” 1 Corinthians 5:6

The 2015 football scandal known as “Deflategate” stole so much joy from football fans across America and caused them to lose some faith in the integrity of the sport that day. Satan desires to steal your joy, peace, and confidence in Christ by puncturing your life with sin. Just as a football has a weak spot where air can leak out, every Christian also has a weak spot. 

The enemy knows your weak spot and will send temptations to leak the air of God out of your life. If the enemy hits you in your weak spot and causes you to fail, it is important to address it immediately. Don’t get comfortable in your sin, but repent and seek accountability. The longer you allow the air to leak out, the harder it will be for you to come back.

It doesn’t always take a huge sin to deflate you. When a football is deflated, it only takes a tiny pin to puncture it. Song of Songs 2:15 says, “The little foxes spoil the vines.” When you allow private sin to come and stay without getting the help you need, you are allowing the enemy to steal the life breath of God. He will try to steal God’s life from your marriage, your family, and your soul. It could be something as small as refusing to forgive a person, but little by little, you will see your joy and praise fall flat. Even small things like bitterness and unforgiveness are enough to deflate your motivation, faith, and dreams. You can’t play with sin. Sin will change the game completely. The enemy’s goal is to minimize your potential and deflate your purpose.

We see it time and time again- highly successful people losing everything because of one little struggle. The good news is the enemy may come to deflate it, but Jesus comes to fill it. If you turn to Him in your times of failure, you won’t stay down. A deflated football is still a football. You are still a child of God whether you fail or not. Despite your failures, you have the potential to be used in a great way. At one point in his life, Moses was a murderer, David was an adulterer, Jacob was a liar, and Peter had a violent temper. None of that stopped them from going down in history as great men of God. Each one of them encountered God in a powerful way, and the breath of God turned their lives around.

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