3 John 11(NIV)
11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is
good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what
is evil has not seen God.
We must get this fact firmly fixed in our minds: we live in
an upside-down world. People hate when they should love, quarrel when they
should be friendly, fight when they should be peaceful, wound when they should
heal, steal when they should share, do wrong when they should do right. I once
saw a toy clown with a weight in its head. No matter what position you put it
in, it invariably assumed an upside-down position. Put it on its feet or on its
side, and when you let go it flipped back on its head. Unregenerate people are
just like that! Do what you may with them and they always revert to an
upside-down position. That is why the disciples to the world were misfits. To
an upside-down person, a right-side up person seems upside down. To a sinner, a
righteous person is an oddity and an abnormality. A Christian’s goodness is a
rebuke to the wicked; his being right-side up is a reflection upon the
worldling’s inverted position.
Thought for today:
Do I compromise when it comes to the things of God?
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