“Loosen up”
“Stop being such a prude”
“Get over your-self”
“Everybody else is doing it”
So as I was struggling with the Lord in my quiet time this morning, these are the scriptures He offered me…..
I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people ~ Romans 16:17, 18
A man without self-control is like a city broken in to and left without walls ~ proverbs 25:38
However, when I go to scripture and look at the promises He gives me on living right before the Lord, I find it compelling to move forward in righteousness.
Godly people find life; evil people find death ~ Proverbs 11:19
As for me, I will continue beholding Your face in righteousness (rightness, justice, and right standing with You); I shall be fully satisfied, when I awake [to find myself] beholding Your form [and having sweet communion with You]. ~ psalm 17:5
Look again at the promises…..Godly people find “life”. “I shall be fully satisfied and have communion with Him”.
I don’t write this to bring condemnation and to say that it is easy, because the world makes its’ way look so tempting and appealing, but I have lived enough to know it can never offer the promises our Jesus offers.
So I write to share what the Lord spoke to my heart as I struggle with these same issues; and I have to ask myself do I want to be like everybody else or do I want to be like Jesus? Do I want to fill myself with the world’s standards that result in an empty and promise-lacking life or do I want to fill myself with Jesus and all the promises He offers me? What about you my friend?
I have decided!
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