Why is it all too often we walk the fence of temptation. We ask God to "deliver us from temptation" yet we constantly put ourselves in a place to be tempted. Instead of guarding our hearts and minds and taking our thoughts captive, we let so many things seep in, and then say but God I called out to you.
2 Timothy is clear when it says to flee evil desires. And gives us hope in that of pursuing righteousness. It is most often that we come up with excuses for the things we do such as if I didn't watch that TV show with that person we wouldn't be as close and that friendship isn't bad, but I see that as an excuse to simple watch the things that our flesh desires and is that given room for God to form a relationship with that person. If we really thought about it before we did something and said to ourselves, "Would I do this in the presence of Jesus? Is this glorify to Him?" would we really do half the things we say are "okay".
Ephesians 4:29 says "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen" but how many times do we cut other down.
And Ephesians 5: 25-27 says "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless". I was listening to a sermon by Francis Chan today and he used this verse to remind us that we are Christ's bride and we are to be "holy and blameless". But are we doing this, are we presenting ourselves to Christ this way with the music we listen to, the shows/movies we watch, the games we play, and the way we talk to others.
I love to use sarcasm, it is one of my favorite types of humor however the definitions of it, have got me wondering how fruitful it really is. According to websters dictionary the word sarcasm means "Witty language used to convey insults or scorn", going back to the Greek meaning it is "to tear flesh". Now don't get me wrong I'm not saying to never use sarcasm but to simply think about the words we say before we say them, to think about the things we watch before we watch them and to think about the things we do before we do them.
The Bible doesn't tell us to flee from evil simply because of sin though it gives a better option, Jesus is better, what we get from Him is better, so we run because He is better.
- T.
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