Now that is a physical reality, but I think it is also applicable to our faith.  The question is not if we will stumble, but when.  The question is not if our friends will stumble, but when.  Think about that feeling of shock as you realized you hit the ground when you were walking.  Think about the shock and how it rocked your world when someone you know stumbled spiritually.

Don’t be surprised if your spiritual stumbles occur much the same way.  I know we think that keep our focus hard and straight and we will never stumble.  Does looking only straightforward really work when you are walking?  No!  The reality is we have to look all around.  Keep our eyes open for anything that might trip us up.  Even friends can be a trip up!

So now consider that, but one more thing also. Someone desires to trip you! Think about how difficult it is when someone is trying to trip you, make you stumble!

Walk carefully today!

1 Peter 5:8-9 English Standard Version (ESV)
8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

Ecclesiastes 4:10 English Standard Version (ESV)
10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!

Proverbs 24:16 English Standard Version (ESV)
16 for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

Proverbs 24:17-18 English Standard Version (ESV)
17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, 18 lest the Lord see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him.