COMMON SENSE

 

COMMON SENSE

Prov. 21:16 The person who strays away from common sense will end up in the company of the dead. NLT

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 come 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.