Debunk The Junk
Psalm 51:10 "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and
renew a steadfast spirit within me." (NKJV)
Whenever I check my e-mail, I see that there are numerous messages of
indeterminate nature in the junk box! No matter how often I sweep them away or
block them, there are still more to replace them the next time I look. Even the
titles of some of these messages make my skin crawl, and I wish I could
completely block them from coming into my box. But my security settings are
already at the highest level, so the system is obviously inadequate to deal with
the influx of mindless garbage that still manages to filter through.
Junk mail reminds me of sin. It is insidious and ever-flowing. It respects no
boundaries and can be difficult to eliminate from our lives. It manifests itself
in words, thoughts, actions, deceptions, and distractions of all kinds, and it
can seep into our lives despite our meagre efforts to block it.
The best and most effective way to clean up sin is to call upon God -- to give
the problem to Him and trust Him for all we're worth. When we receive Jesus into
our lives, He gives us His Holy Spirit, who equips us for the lifelong battle of
discerning good from bad and right from wrong, often in ways that we would not
have recognized or been willing to utilize before that. God's intervention is
the only way to clean up our lives totally. Giving control of everything to Him
on a daily basis causes our words, thoughts, and actions to change -- they are
cleaned up and made acceptable. The junk will not vanish from our lives, but
we'll find that we become better equipped and more adept in our efforts to
recognize it and seek God's forgiveness and power to change.
Isaiah 1:16-17 - Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of
your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek
justice, rebuke the oppressor; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.
(NKJV)
In other words, we are called to stop doing wrong, however insignificant it
might seem! God sees and knows all our rights and wrongs!
Prayer: Father, there are so many lurid distractions around us. So many people
spend their lives sending out these messages, attempting to trap innocent and
naive minds with their seemingly captivating baits. Help us to be guided in Your
ways by Your Word. Each time sin pops up, enable us to block it from our lives,
keeping our minds, bodies, and spirits pure and unpolluted from the refuse and
gossip of the Internet and the world! In Jesus' name. Amen.
Patricia Day pattersday@gmail.com
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Thanks to http://daily.presbycan.ca