Deliver Us From Infidelity Oh LordOne of my favorite hymns is Rev. C.L. Franklin's composition title, "Wings of Faith". I love the chorus which goes, "It gives me wings. Two wings to veil my face. It gives me wings. Two wings to fly away. Wings of faith to fly away to be at rest. To be at rest. It gives me wings. Two wings to veil my face. It gives me wings. Two wings to fly away. And I'll fly away somewhere to be at rest. To be at rest." But when I think of the legacy of Rev. Franklin, I see a moment where he did not fly away on wings of faith to be at rest; I see a moment of infidelity. In failing to fly away on wings of faith he ended up with a painful divorce and a daughter out of wedlock by a teenager in his congregation. When I think of Rev. Franklin's moment of infidelity, I am filled with fear because I too am a minister and even within my own family one can find ministers who failed to fly away on wings of faith. One minister in my family left his wife because she stood on the Word and spoke out against dishonest actions within their denomination's leadership; he left her for a schoolteacher (who professed Christianity) and after the divorce he had the nerve to ask his former wife to be his woman on the side.
Other than Rev. Franklin and my relatives I know several other ministers who have fallen into infidelity, and this leads me to realize that it can happen to even the best of us. Sure I can boast regeneration in Christ (and I do BELIEVE in the power of Christ to save me from the power of sin), but all the ministers who have failed also boasted and boast regeneration in Christ. In the end I did a little research and found that what got all of them was the attitude that they were too regenerate to commit infidelity, they all thought, "It could never happen to me". What led many of them to infidelity was pride, which blinded them to their need to pray for and seek protection against infidelity as they entered into marriage. As I thought about these things I decided to muster up the courage and share my fear with my precious Lal, and during our daily prayer times we prayed earnestly for protection against the possibility infidelity and for God's blessing as we think of marriage. I know that prayer is not a fool proof protection against infidelity, for there are other essentials to guard against it such as open and honest communication. Nevertheless prayer is a good start and we both have found that it has allowed us to have better communication with one another........I pray that unlike those before me that I (AND my future bride) will fly away on wings of faith to be at rest from the restlessness of infidelity.
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