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Where Do
You Do What You Do?
Jason Budd
For everyone who does
evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that
his deeds will be exposed. But he who practices the truth comes to
the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been
wrought in God (John 3:20-21).
Everyone is born with the notion of right and wrong. The extent to
which we know that people sin may cause us to doubt this statement,
but even the cruelest of sinners have a notion of acceptability and
limits. The mob itself has unwritten rules about how it treats its
own.
But despite this, we have all
undoubtedly come across something where we stop and think, "Is it
okay to do this?" It is at these crossroads that we throw around our
heads principles of conduct, general rules, and maybe even a verse
or two. While these are excellent tools for discovery, you might
just want to take a look at where you do what you are doing.
The statements in John can tell us a
lot about whether or not something is okay. Evil hates the Light and
will avoid it. If you do what you do in an unseen place, by design
and not by chance, likely it is the case that your actions are not
good. If what you do you do behind closed doors, chances are you
shouldn't be doing it. If you do what you do only when you're alone,
I think you know the answer.
You see, the Light of the Gospel can
sort out all matters. The one who is honestly seeking the truth
about a matter will subject himself to the powerful and cleansing
Light of Christ, while the other will dwell in darkness where his
own hardened heart can justify his deeds.
Where do you do what you do? |
