CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT

CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT

I Thess. 5:5-6  For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don't belong to darkness and night.  So be on your guard, not asleep like the others.  Stay alert and be sober.    NLT

      By nature, the child of God is a child of the light, not darkness.  We should naturally shun the darkness.  We should always be on the alert for tempting situations as they crop up in our lives.  We should always know sin when we encounter it and strive to resist it.  We should always strive to maintain pure and godly hearts.  We should never fall asleep when it comes to our souls.

      Sadly, most of us don't do what we should be doing.  We get careless and don't always watch over our souls and minds.  We allow ourselves to linger in the presence of sinful behavior.  We listen to things that are cloaked in sin.  We read things that are not good for the mind and soul.  We get careless about keeping strong devotional lives.  We lose our sense of what is and is not sin. 

      We embrace things that are clearly called sin in the Scriptures.  Instead of changing our mindset and behavior regarding sin, we try to justify it or we call it some other name.  We don't treat sin like that big of a deal.  We claim that God loves us and will not condemn us for our sins, even though we know He is holy and must deal with it.

      Only those who live in the light will make it to heaven.  We must be on guard and resist sin.  We must not compromise or cater to sinful behavior.  We must always strive to a holy people; for without holiness, no one will see God.

      Children of the light are aware of what tempts them and strive to not put themselves in a position to be tempted.  They are honest with themselves when they do sin and repent of it.  They seek out God’s Word and embrace what God calls sin and work to keep it out of their lives.  They gravitate towards holiness and seek to please the Lord.