Archive for October 23rd, 2007

This morning as I was reading the book of Titus, I came across scripture that absolutely came alive to me and I wanted to pass that along so that we could all benefit from it. As Christians that live in a godless world, a world that thinks we are hypocritical and judgmental we must always be mindful of our thoughts, actions, speech, and attitudes. Look at this scripture from Titus 1:7-9

7Since an overseer is entrusted with God’s work, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. 8Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. 9He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.

To live in this world and not uphold these standards is to be of this world. And this is clearly against what scripture tells us in James 1:27

27Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

This came alive to me in that when we fail at these things the world discredits us and God. They see our failures as proof that we are no different from them so why do they need God. So as we go through each day we should prepare by spending our early moments with God and putting on the armor of light as we are instructed to do in Romans 13:12.

12 The night is nearly over, and the daylight is near, so let us discard the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

I hope that we are all spending that time with Him and growing closer and stronger.

God Bless ~ Tyler