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Jeremiah 6:16: “Thus says the Lord, ‘Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and you will find rest for your souls.’
Sipping tea in the candlelight of the twilight of evening found me cherishing time with a dear friend who has had a godly influence on my life for many years. We were reflecting on many ways we have grieved over observing more compromise in the lives of young Christians over the decades of our lives. A weakening of the faith and of the faithful; too many stories of leaders compromising and Christians being yawningly boring, ineffectual, and weak has become epic in our lives—and in the news.
“When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.” Genesis 3:6
Discernment is the ability to judge well between truth and vanity. Discernment between good and evil, willingness to obey whatever God requires is evidence of a person walking in the power of the Holy Spirit and following God's word. However, many do not know what the word of God says anymore, so they follow cultural wisdom.
I am concerned about the extremes I see on the internet and in situations around me. God's word provides wisdom, boundaries, insight for each day of our lives. Boundaries, fences and hedges are established for the protection of a land or home, serving as the definition of its realm. When you remove fences and borders, all sorts of havoc reigns. Boundaries provide definition and security. Daily, our culture cries out for the compromise and moving of boundaries in our lives. Without a depth of training in the Word, many are caught up in alluring messages of either legalism and judgment, or compromise and compliance with less-than-Biblical ideals.
As I have said many times, in the absence of Biblical conviction, people go the way of culture.
When you don’t know what to think, or how to think with righteousness and truth guiding, you follow whoever’s voice is loudest or most persuasive.
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