I suspect that even more common than trying to get away with things we know are not good for us in the physical realm is our attempt to do it in the spiritual realm. I believe there’s a reason for this: Physically, we see the fall-out of dangerous behaviour in the lives of others. Spiritually, we don’t - at least not nearly as much.

Sometimes, we take calculated risks. We know certain behaviours are "wrong," yet we take a chance on getting away with it, perhaps of not being held accountable. We know certain things are "right," yet at the time, they seem to take so much effort and don’t seem to matter so much, so we take a chance on them not being all that significant.

According to the Bible, none of us will be able to escape a final evaluation and receiving the consequences of our attitudes and actions. The principle of sowing and reaping is applied well to this situation. We will all harvest the outcomes of the moral choices we make and the course of action we pursue.

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