Let's face it. We all live in a fallen world, and it effects everything we do, say, and think. We don't have to look too far to see it. Just look in the mirror. We are all born with this fallen nature. Author Os Guinness writes" When the Times of London once asked several of Britain’s leading intellectuals what they thought was the problem with the world, the celebrated journalist G. K. Chesterton sent back a postcard response: “I am.”
This was an honest answer to an honest question. Can we be this honest and admit this to ourselves? The Bible says that we are like sheep and we have all gone astray. Have you ever observed sheep without a shepherd? They are lost and would wonder around without any direction. This is a great analogy of our life without God.
This fallen world is all around us. our entertainment, our thoughts, actions and intentions. The more aware we are of this, the better we can deal with it's effects. So, how do we deal with this?
We could let it effect us and go with the flow, status quo. Or, choose to be different. We can make a concerted, deliberate effort to be different and risk being an outsider. Which of course if we are Christians, is exactly what we are. In the world, but not of the world. May God grant us the courage to take a stand and not be influenced by this world.
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