Execute Order 66

Okay, so I couldn’t help myself since this is Day 66, of course, I had to include a Star Wars reference.

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In a moment, an order was given and those who fought alongside them for entirety of the war, turned on them and the Jedi were caught off guard and destroyed. George Lucas may not have been trying to teach biblical principles, but he did. Now, I’m not saying that your friends are going to turn on you and try to kill you, at least I certainly hope not. What I am saying is, as long as we live on this planet, we have to deal with the reality of subtle deception and infiltration. Our walk with God is constantly in danger.

Influences come in many shapes and forms. What is entertainment one day, may quickly become a steady stream of immorality and selfisness the next. We have to be careful about what we allow into our lives. Paul wrote about this in his first letter to the Corinthians. He warned us that while we have freedom in Christ, there are some things in this world that are not profitable or beneficial to us. He implies that we’d be better off to lay aside our freedom, rather than allow ourselves to be led astray. I suppose it comes down to these questions: “How close do you want to be to God?” “Do you want to hear and respond to the Holy Spirit’s direction?” “Do you want to have peace and confidence in your decisions?” Then, do the hard things.

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