My coach used to tell me, “You play with poop, you get it on your hands.”
Duh! Why would anyone want to do that?
Yet we do it all the time.
We convince ourselves we can get close to sin without getting dirty.
That’s a great question. So why do we do it? Have we forgotten what is right and wrong? No. If you’re a regular reader of BibleJournal, it’s probably written upon your heart and hung around your neck just as the Scriptures suggest.
Proverbs 6:16–19 (ESV)
There are six things that the Lord hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that make haste to run to evil,
a false witness who breathes out lies,
and one who sows discord among brothers.
It’s easy to sit back with relief and say, “Phew, I’m clear. I’m not any of those.”
But when you look closer, you’ll see that you might not be doing those things—but you are often standing right next to them.
It’s all around you.
We easily ditch our beliefs and engage with it, declaring it “innocent entertainment.”
It’s not.
You cannot play around with it without it shaping you. It’s true that when you play with it, you get it on your hands.
Proverbs 6:4–5
Don’t put it off; do it now!
Don’t rest until you do.
Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter,
like a bird fleeing from a net.
So how do you do that?
Think about Truth.
Delete that app.
Block that website.
Walk away from that conversation.
Remove yourself from the text thread.
Walk the other hallway.