Friendship With The World

You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. James 4:4

What do I mean when I say “friends of the world”? Basically putting the things of this world and its culture before the things of God. Getting sucked into the world’s way of thinking which has increasingly become more anti Christian. It is a cunning subtle trick of the enemy to deceive you into accepting wrong ideas, thinking, and to develop a harsh cold attitude. You can slowly slip into it if not careful. 

How do you combat this? Find a growing church first and foremost. You can’t expect to be a Lone Ranger when it comes to dealing with spiritual warfare. We need each other and you need corporate worship. Next you need to decide and purpose in your heart you will make daily quiet time a priority. This could be as simple as keeping the morning news and talk shows off and putting Christian music on and reading Psalms. The morning news seeks to make you a friend of the world’s way of thinking so don’t saturate your mind with it. 

The more you read and meditate on God’s word the Bible the easier it will be to recognize evil and tricks of the enemy. You can’t expect to grow strong in the Lord just by being a church member or getting baptized as a baby. You need Jesus 24/7. Let Him in today. Ask Him to steer you away from the world’s ways and to help you recognize wrong. 

PRAYER: This world has many hooks to entice even believers into falling into pits and losing site of Jesus. Help me learn to be in the world but not of the world. In Jesus’ name. Amen.