Key Words: keep thyself pure
I read
recently about two students who were walking along a street in the White Chapel
District of London, a section where both old and new clothes were sold. One
suddenly said to the other, “What a fitting illustration all of this makes!” as
he pointed to a suit of clothes hanging on the rack by a window. A sign read
“Slightly Soiled – Greatly Reduced in Price.” “That’s it!” he continued. “We get soiled by gazing at vulgar pictures,
reading a coarse book, or even indulging in dishonest practices, and lustful
thoughts; and so, when it comes time for our character to be evaluated, we are
greatly reduced in price.”
Slight
deviations from the path of righteousness greatly reduce our value to God and
our fellow man. In fact, these secret sins can weaken our character so that
when we face a moral crisis, we cannot stand the test, and we face spiritual
defeat.
After
a violent storm, a large tree, which over the years had become a stately giant,
was found lying across the pathway in a park. Nothing but a splintered stump
was left. Close examination showed that it was rotten at the core because
thousands of insects had eaten away at its heart. The weakness of that tree was
not brought on by the storm; the storm simply revealed the weakness that already
existed deep within the heart of the tree. So it is in our life - storms and
trials don’t make us weak, they simply reveal the weakness that is already
there because of sin in our lives.
I trust
today that you are living a pure and clean life before God. If not, confess
your sin (I John 1:9) and
begin living for
✞ Stay away from compromising situations.
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