BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH
How often we walk around looking at the bad in things and people. How often we find ourselves thinking about the negatives of life. How many “Christians” are full of conspiracy theories. Always digging for the dirt in others, the church or something else. Why? What good does it do? Love won’t do that. Love will rejoice with the truth, positive truth, not negative truth. This affects most of what we do. What music do you listen to? What programs do you watch on TV? What video tapes, DVD’s or movies do you watch? What books do you read? What conversations are you involved with?
This takes us back to Philippians 4:8, “Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”
Yet we think that doesn’t apply to us. We go to a movie, or watch a video, DVD or TV. We listen to certain music and think that we can handle this. We think that we are above the admonition given in the Bible and that we are stronger than God. And then we wonder why our lives are so filled with grief and sorrow. Why our emotional state is battered and depressed. It is because we are not listening to Jesus. We are on Satan’s ground and he is beating us up. It is time to get off his ground and follow Jesus into heaven. Get out of the mud and stand on the Rock. That is where Jesus is. You can’t get to heaven if you don’t follow Jesus.
Love delights in the truth. If your church, denomination, minister, friend, music, video, TV programs are not teaching you positive truth that will make you perfect in Christ, TURN THEM OFF! Your life will be richer and happier if you will follow Jesus in every aspect of your life.