BE EQUALLY YOKED

Family traditions may so easily entrap. Close examination will show if there’s a gap, With what we have all practiced since the day that we were born, And what the Lord has told us should be the Christian norm. Culture may instruct us to journey with the stream. But is it Christ directed? That never was His dream. The followers of Jesus don’t follow Satan’s flow. He’s made it very clear that it is not the way to go. The way to tell the difference is to focus on the Lord. That’s the only way in which our Saviour is adored. The crowd will misdirect us if you go the way they lead. And Christ expects obedience in word and thought and deed. Friendship with the world is sure to lead a man astray. You’ll become deflected from the straight and narrow way. Never have relationships with unbelieving folk. Doing so results in people wearing Satan’s yoke! Walking with the Lord equates to walking in the light. No one can achieve this in the darkness of the night! Right can’t be in partnership with something that is wrong. Jesus Christ and Satan will never get along! Both are so distinctive there cannot be a way To have co-operation by night as well as day. You’re God’s holy temple. His Spirit dwells within. Holiness won’t tolerate a life that’s filled with sin! How can a believer share an unbeliever’s life? How can a believer have the devil as a wife? Mutually exclusive is how they have to be. Compromise on this is an impossibility. All this world can offer is extravagance and greed. Jesus is the only One Who meets our every need. Everything this world provides will soon have passed away. Those who follow Jesus, He satisfies each day. So relinquish Satan and the junk which he provides. Give yourself to Jesus and let His Spirit guide. Grant Him the authority to work within your heart, And He will do what’s needed to keep you far apart. Though you may be tempted, God’s Spirit will ensure, That you have the ability to live a life that’s pure. Jim Strickland – written Sunday, 11 September 2011