“Dear friends, I warn you as temporary residents and foreigners to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors.” 1 Peter 2:11-12
It is very easy to live in this world. It is easy to become an active part of our surroundings. All we have to do is surround ourselves with the ways and the thoughts of the world around us and we become one. However, that is not what our God in heaven wants of us. He has picked us up from among those in this environment and put us in a special place. He covers us with his protection, his love, and his grace and mercy. All He asks is that we believe and receive. We are to accept Him by faith and not waiver in our beliefs. Our faith and beliefs must be so strong that there is nothing in this world that can harm us or take our faith away from us. It is easy to look around us and see that the people who are a part of this worldly society live what their surroundings give them. Many times, they become who they are by watching others and imitating their actions and living their lifestyles. You and I are to be different. We have been lifted above the ways of the world. We are surrounded by our Lord’s grace and mercy. We are to watch Him and follow His ways. We are to mimic how Jesus reacted to the world. This is hard because when we begin to show our beliefs and live our lives in Christ, others may look at us funny. They may taunt us or persecute our ways and beliefs. We look differently, believe differently and live differently. We are of Christ Jesus and not of the world. We must constantly surround ourselves with His Word, pray to Him and praise Him for who he is. We must believe in the Holy Spirit and that He lives inside us. We must listen carefully to Him and follow His lead and directions in our lives. When we do, we will find that we are surrounded by the ways of God in heaven and not the ways of the world around us. It will soon become natural to live our lives for Christ Jesus and not for the world. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!
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