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03.07.11

The Devil is in the Details

Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? - 1 Corinthians
5:6.

It was just a little mistake, a little typing error that could cost UBS
Warburg (a financial services firm) over $100 million (In 2002). A trader
for the company typed a sell order of 610,000 shares for 16 yen each,
instead of 16 shares at 610,000 yen. The conversion rate for a dollar to yen
is currently 1 to 132.7. So instead of selling 16 shares for $287 per share,
the trader obligated the company to sell 610,000 shares for pennies each,
which would still cost them $287 per share. The devil does appear to be in
the details!

The apostle Paul points out, that only a little leaven is enough to leaven
the whole. Leaven is yeast that will make bread dough rise, and leaven is
symbolic of sin. Paul is using leaven to refer to known sin, which the
church in Cornith had allowed. Known sexual sin, such as was present among
the members of the church at Cornith, could not be tolerated. To protect the
whole, this blatant sinfulness had to confronted, and excised.

Most of us would say that this only makes sense, and that the church must be
protected from this evil. However, it can also be applied to our lives
individually. Only a little leaven in our lives, is enough to contaminate
the whole. Only a little sin left unconfessed and tolerated in our lives,
can result in a lack of spiritual growth, and even spiritual regression.
Because if we will tolerate one sin, then it is not that hard to tolerate
another sin, and then another, and then another....

Do you have a little leaven in your life? The apostle says, "Therefore purge
out the old leaven (1 Corinthians 5:7a)." Why not even now confess (1 John
1:9) those little sins to the Lord, and allow Him to purge them from your
life? Get the devil out of the details of your life!

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