A downed power line. A hole dug in the ground. There are very real dangers in our world. It is nice to be alerted to a danger in our path, but that is not always the case. Sometimes danger is lurking around the corner and we are caught unaware. God tells us to be aware, to …”Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. ” 1 Peter 5:8
Paul tells us in 2 Timothy to stay away from specific people. “For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!” 2 Timothy 3:2-5
Then, in vs. 14, Paul tells Timothy to “continue in the things you have learned… from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” (2 Timothy 3:14-15)
Christian, stop listening to the world, to culture. Turn off the lies. Fill your mind instead with things of God. Whether you have been a Christian for a week, a month, a year, 10 years, listen to the words of God. They are truth. They are life. They will lead you in your walk. Do your best to remove danger from your life. Stay alert. Be equipped, be ready. Live in the light of God’s truths.