How
would you describe common sense? I would define it as the ability to act in a
reasonable manner given the situation. It may not be the textbook way of doing
things, but it is the reasonable way. There are many ways to do things, but
many of them simply are too complicated and cumbersome. You go with what simply
works best in the given situation.
I would
say that the opposite of common sense is the law. It is a rigid approach to
living, having to do things always a certain way because it’s the textbook way
of doing things. A lack of common sense kills the soul. It destroys the ability
to live freely and stress free.
We need
laws to govern our behavior, to give us guidelines to live by. But, there needs
to be a balance between the law and good old-fashioned common sense.
This
is true in our spiritual lives as well. He who has common sense will live by
grace and not the law. He will live in Christ because it works and not because
it is demanded. He will live in Christ because of love and not compulsion. He
will let the Spirit of God guide him and not bind him. He will know the
wonderful truth that Christ came to set us free and when He sets us free we are
free indeed.
He who
strays from common sense will surely die in his spirit. He will certainly make many avoidable
mistakes because not all learning comes from books. He will become frustrated because not all
that comes from books works. There must
be a balance between what we learn from others and what works in our lives.
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