I would light firecrackers and put them in a hollowed out place in a tree just to see the ants go nuts when it went off. But one day I had unraveled a lot of the duds and put the powder and fuses in a pile. I lit them and all that hot fire went at the same time burning my hand. OUCH!! My fingers felt like they were on fire even after I soaked them in milk. For a long time I was reminded how foolish I had been for doing something like that, for "playing with fire."
Proverbs 6:27-29 says it this way "Can a man scoop fire into his lap and his clothes ont be burned? Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched? So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished." NIV
This particular verse warns against adultery, even when supposedly no one but the two people physically involved knows of it. Sooner or later you reap what you sow. Its the law of the harvest. You plant a seed of unfaithfulness and you reap disease, divorce, discord,etc.
But there are other ways of "playing with fire" too. It may be playing the lottery or gambling in some other fashion. It may be lying or being dishonest in other ways. Whatever you are doing that you know is against what God would have you do is just asking for Divine discipline. Don't ever think you are getting away with something just because some bolt of lightning doesn't strike you down with immediate judgement.
One thing leads to another and then before you know it, you are in over your head.
Learn to listen to God's voice. The Holy Spirit is there to guide you and to help you make the right choices, but He isn't going to force you to do what is right. That is entirely up to you.
You might try to justify your actions before others but God is not to be mocked. You KNOW what is right.
Pray today that you will avoid temptations to do wrong. Don't play with fire, You will surely get burned in the end.
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