My challenge for the next several weeks will be twofold. Challenge 1- Not to put too much into each blog post. Challenge 2- Straining the soup too thin. Sometime a verse is just a verse, not an insightful, metaphorical window into the great beyond. If I start to stray into either one of these areas, guide me back between the lines.
Today's reading was the first chapter of Psalm. I see perhaps three day's posts in these six short verses. (See what I mean about straining the soup too thin?)
Verse 1 is an admonition for believers to not walk, stand or sit with wicked, sinners or mockers. This verse is fraught with possible misuse. One of which is becoming judgmental as to who are wicked, sinners or mockers. One of the major knocks on Christians is narrow-mindedness and judgmental attitude. There is not enough time in this blog to discuss who falls into the W, S, M category. But if, as a believer, you allow the Holy Spirit to guide your relationships, you will know if a particular relationship is strengthening or hurting your relationship with God.
The second and just as damaging misuse of verse 1 is using it to disassociate ourselves completely from those who are not Christians. That is not the meaning of this verse. We see Christ consistently spending time with the unsaved. The caution in verse 1 is against "walking in step" with those who are not Christians. If our closest, most important relationships are with unbelievers, we run the risk of being drawn away from our First Love. We cannot allow ourselves to separate from the world, but must not "walk in step" with the world either. The line is fine, and we need the guidance of the Holy Spirit to individually guide us. That line will be different for each person and may change as a person goes through different seasons of life.
Walking in step would resemble the following video.
Too bad today's Church cannot walk in step with the same precision and exactitude as the performers in this video.
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