Called To Live Here
I want to live in a different world. I have thought this often but I don’t believe I’ve thought of it that exact way. Today, it actually came fully to clarity as I sat here and thought of a couple of things commented on and thereby forever tainted and I thought, I don’t want to live in that world anymore.
There is nothing that can be done, however, for even separating myself would not do much to me but stifle the purpose of God within me. So, I must continue forth in this world. It amazes me that one person feeling great joy and delight over something can have someone say a cold and cruel thing that dampers that joy forever. Why are we so cruel? Why are we so perverse? The answer lies in Romans, I believe, as a sort of summary to these questions.
Since these people refused even to think about God, He let their useless minds rule over them. That’s why they do all sorts of indecent things. They are evil, wicked, and greedy, as well as mean in every possible way. They want what others have, and they murder, argue, cheat, and are hard to get along with. They gossip, say cruel things about others, and hate God. They are proud, conceited, and boastful, always thinking up new ways to do evil.
These people don’t respect their parents. They are stupid, unreliable, and don’t have any love or pity for others. They know God has said that anyone who acts this way deserves to die. But they keep on doing evil things, and they even encourage others to do them.
Romans 1:28-32
This is our world right now, a world that hates God and invents new ways to do evil, encouraging others to partake as well. This is why innocence can be shattered so young and so quickly. This is why something that brings a person joy and a smile on their lips can be ripped to shreds by another’s words.
The joy of the Lord is to be my strength. How I long for that joy to come to me now, today, in this moment, and for all things spoken to be erased. A clean, innocent mind is what I desire, to be pure, and to dwell in the courts of the Lord forever.
I want to live in a different world, but I am called to live in this one. Lord, may I be changed into Your image. May I truly lose all the taint of this world. I do not want to be what is mentioned in Romans 1:28-32. I don’t want those traits in my life at all, not even a trace. Lord, forgive me of my sinful rebellion and my acts and deeds that glorify darkness and may I truly be a light to the world as You are the Light to mine. Amen.
