A few weeks ago my family and I made the trek from Phoenix, Arizona north to view one of the seven natural wonders, the Grand Canyon. What can be said about this enormous hole in the ground that drops between 5000 to 6000 feet (one mile) from rim to the basin? The beauty and awe of the mere landscape is breathtaking. There is something about the view that makes an adventurer like myself curious as to what it might look like if I could just get a little closer. Just get right to the edge of the canyon so that I could look down even further. Even though there are warnings posted all over the parks and on every safety wall "Stay away from edge, behind the walls," people are still drawn to live that moment on the edge. Sure there are those that yell at the adventurers to return back to the safety of the wall, but what fun is that? Besides, they are the ones missing out. Right? I am sure that is what every person was thinking right up to the moment they slipped and fell thousands of feet to their death. During the long descent to the canyon floor there is certainly time for them to consider how they should of heeded the advice of the Ranger, the signs and the tragic stories of others who fell to their death. Yet now it is too late! They are but another tale in the history of the Grand Canyon.
People are a lot like this when it comes to the way we live our life. Signs are posted, people of wisdom giving us instruction, and it is all very clear. However, for some reason we often find ourselves wandering to the edge of a grand gulf we call Hell. We know that to fall into it will bring eternal death. Yet there is a curiosity that is compelling us to get just a little bit closer to the edge. If I can just get a little closer than I can see what is really going on done there. That is the tragic error of so many Christians as well as sinners. They believe that getting close to the edge of Sin and Hell will not lead to 'Death'.
Lot, in the Bible, made the same mistake. When Abraham asked Lot to chose what land Lot wanted, Lot picked the land just outside of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. It wasn't like he was picking land in the Cities, they were just around the cities. Later in Genesis when God is ready to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah for their great evil behavior we find Lot not outside the city but living in the City square. He got too close to the edge and fell in!
If you are living your life on the edge, I would encourage you to return back to the safety of the walls God has put there to protect you. His Word, commands, and principles are life for your soul, but also for your life here on earth. Allow them to be your protection.
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