Choose Wisely

Some things just don't fit.  I've watched Mr. Bill locate just the right size socket wrench -- neither too big or too small, but exact or it is useless for the task.  Without guess work, he seems to know which one to pick.  Guessing works best for me!

 

Paul wrote tenderly as he cautioned his friends at Corinth; an [unhealthy] mingling with unbelievers threatened the Corinthian fellowship.  "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? ... Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord." (2 Corinthians 6:14, 17). Let's be clear on one thing: discrimination, as we know it today, is certainly an unjust and destructive force in the world.  Spiritually speaking, however, believers must understand there is a right and appropriate place for preference when choosing those by whom we will be influenced.  If I want to improve my cooking skills, I hang out with good cooks; if I want to be a smart shopper, I shop with a real bargain hunter -- you get the picture?  Matthew Henry put it like this: "Those relations that are our choice must be chosen by rule; and it is good for those who are themselves the children of God to join with those who are so likewise; for there is more danger that the bad will damage the good than hope that the good will benefit the bad."  Much like choosing just-the-right wrench for the job, so is making wise choices in friends, music, books, television, movies, etc. -- those that influence us for good or for evil.  It’s not guess-work – we have God’s Word for instruction and His Spirit for guidance.  Choose today Whom you will follow – live and choose wisely!