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Avoid worthless messages for your own good
This age has seen the rise of various modes of communication than any previous generation. Using the internet, various message apps and social media websites we’re able to contact each other. So this has meant better connectivity with friends and relatives spread across the world.
However, this has also led to the rise of foolish stuff being promoted across the world. For example, racist jokes, anti men jokes, anti women jokes, dangerous spoofs, suicidal vibes, false rumors etc.
A few years ago ‘going viral’ would mean some disease has been affecting lots of people. Now the same words ‘going viral’ mean that some video, photo, song etc has attained rapid popularity among the masses.
Not every that has gone viral is worth your like, click or share. Whenever you get such messages or shares ask yourself if that is really going to worth devoting your time, focus and energy in the long-term.
Not everyone who creates hilarious or entertaining stuff is creating it out of genuine goodwill for you. There is something called ad revenue, which they receive when you click on the links in the message.
Some people are insincere, who only want your money not your happiness. Some do not bother about the wrong and immoral things they send out as messages. A good number of people only want to promote gossip, racism, slander and vulgarity instead of sending out encouraging, positive messages.
Psalm 1:1-6 says that; Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous
So block worthless messages for your own good. Anything that goes against the teachings of the Bible must be avoided. Do not presume permission from the Lord for reading obscenities. You may have got a spiritually poisonous message by accident. You may have never asked for it. But it would be wrong on your part to encourage these messages. It’s your choice to say NO to such messages.
If you want then you can politely ask the person who is sending you poisonous messages to stop. Then if he doesn’t change his behavior then you can block all such messages from him. However, there are certain individuals who are so evil or simply dogmatic in their approach to life, that it’s better not to ask them but directly stop their messages. You many have to refer to the relevant user guide for your phone, computer or application to block them out of your life.
Once you stop paying heed to the negativity of spirit in these messages, you will notice a change for the better. But you need to stop such evil messages first.
Scriptures for reflection:
James 4:17 says that; So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
1 John 2:15-17 says that; Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
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Psalm 1 (The two ways of life)
Let’s read Psalm 1 which speaks of the two ways of life that are available to mankind. Here we go:
1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,nor stands in the way of sinners,nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord,and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
6 for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
The above Psalm has great meaning. It speaks of the way of righteousness and the way of wickedness. It speaks how blessed are those who do not take wicked counsel. There are many people who give wicked advice like against attending the church service and being obedient to God and so on they ramble on. These are not be entertained by the righteous and must be rejected.
This also speaks about how blessed are those who don’t stand in the way of sinners nor in the seat of scoffers. Standing or sitting here is that a person is being still with them so that he can listen to their nonsense. There are people who are so sinful that they won’t keep their sinfulness to themselves but try to pass their wicked opinions to others who don’t sin or even more so those who don’t sin like them.
A person determined to please God must have delight in the law of the Lord and must keep it in highest regard. Now this law for Christians is not necessarily the law of Moses and definitely is not legalism. Because Jesus has already fulfilled the law of Moses. We have something greater, which is to love God with all your heart, with all your mind and with all your strength and also to love one’s neighbor as ourselves. In other words, we must follow the Gospel. It wouldn’t be possible to follow all of the laws of Moses because there is much animal sacrifice in it. We must remember that the perfect sacrifice of Jesus shedding his blood on the sacrifice is the greatest sacrifice of the New covenant and this does away with the need for animal sacrifice.
Now, the righteous are like a tree planted by streams of water. You may be living in a desert or in the prairies but that is only your physical surrounding where you are based. Spiritually it’s much different. For Jesus gives to all who ask of him the living waters so that you are spiritually satisfied for eternal life.
John 4:10,14 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”..but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
John 7:37-39 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'” But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Isaiah 12:3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
No wonder the righteous prosper being filled with the living waters that Jesus gives. I can speak a lot on true prosperity but let me tell you this. True prosperity is to be in a relation with Jesus in this life and in the next. True prosperity is to be in heaven after you pass away from this earth.
A measure of how successful you were in life is what happens of it when you are at the end of your life on earth. A wicked person may have achieved a lot in life. They may have made a lot of money and received a lot of fame in the process. But what happens of it when they die. This all turns to no use because receiving their punishment of this in hell due to their sins they don’t get out. I mean they never get any relief. Their achievements simply testify against them in the fires of hell. Like the chaff that is driven away by the wind so is their prosperity.
The Lord won’t let the wicked and the righteous have the same fate after death. This is where the difference becomes very clear. God keeps track of those who are righteous in Jesus. God is personally interested in each and every believer. He also is very aware of the sins of those who don’t believe in Jesus. He is a loving Father but remains a just God. Happy are those who choose to be righteous in Jesus Christ for the love of God. Amen.
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