bog definition people getting stuck in quicksand

We should have a righteous anger in seeing the enemy’s assault on God’s image bearers. For those of us who claim to follow Christ, if we are not intentional in praying and seeking to truly mirror Christ in our words, disposition and actions, we can easily lose our reason for being a love letter to the world. Speaking truth in the face of deception is considered hostile. The manmade and fluid social construct of “gender” is challenging DNA-biological sex assigned at conception, muddying ethical and scientifically evidenced healthcare delivery and norms. For example, some think protecting and preserving human life is objectionable. When we are not in alignment with God, it creates chaos and disorder. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand” (NIV).

The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. As Jesus said in Matthew 7:24-26, “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The further decaying of societal norms and morals is a type of “quicksand” for those who are not standing on the sure foundation of truth, the sure foundation of Jesus Christ. Per this video, you can survive quicksand, but you will need help getting free. For that reason, it can take a while to get out of quicksand. You are not standing on a sure foundation.

Quicksand is a substance that, when you stand on it, you begin to sink. It is uncomfortable but it is what we are called to do.” We visit their quicksand, but we are not anchored or stuck in the quicksand, for we are anchored in a sure foundation (the truth, the solid rock that is Jesus Christ). They are not entirely at fault, for Satan is rampantly advancing lies and inviting anyone and everyone to join his campaign of evil ideologies often disguised as “autonomy” and “compassion.” As people become anchored in the deceptions trusting in their faulty thinking, as my dear brother in Christ and founder of Relevant Now, Hakim Hazim, said, God calls the believer to “visit the quicksand that others are stuck in, to help pull them out. A good portion of society is operating in and suspended in deception-at which they have become both captives and perpetrators of the delusions. “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal” (1 Corinthians 13:1, ESV). “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies you anoint my head with oil my cup overflows” (Psalm 23:5, ESV).

Bog definition people getting stuck in quicksand