We have all heard it said, "He/she has backslided." What does that mean? In short, there was once a time and place in life where that person was walking closer to God than they are now. There are people, perhaps listening right now, who are living like Abram in Egypt. You have compromised your faith, fearful that life was not going to work out, or that you would lose what you had, and in desperation you have turned to the world for support, supply, or comfort. 

Maybe you have made hasty decisions, gotten ahead of God, and now you do not know how to recover.  Maybe there is sin dominating your life right now. Maybe you are living with anxiety and fear so you are “coping” by surrendering your soul to a life that looks like what God saved you out of.

And it is costing you.  It is costing you a life of living in the fullness of joy, the restfulness of peace, and the grandeur of God’s exceeding riches of grace! There is a way back from the backsliding. God’s grace is just as sufficient to receive you, cleanse, renew you, and set you back up in His perfect will, as it was the day you first trusted in the Lord!