Christians with Stumbling Blocks in Their Faith

Lot’s wife was led out of Sodom by the hand of an angel, yet her heart stayed behind with the wealth and the relationships she had left. She knew that life lay in running on with judgment at her back, but in the end she looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

Faith is not made by dragging someone along. Self-deception, laziness, discourtesy and stubbornness, not knowing what should come first: to see such stumbling blocks and leave them where they lie is a road that ends in a fall. David, too, stumbled at a time of ease after his victories in battle, because he had not cleared his stumbling blocks away.

When the Word collides with human nature and stumbling blocks begin to come into view, that shows how far one has grown. They must be cleared away the moment they are seen, for that is the way up the steps of faith.