TODAY’S WORD FOR WEDNESDAY JULY 1, 2015.
ALLERGY
An overreaction of the immune system to a previously encountered ordinary harmless substance resulting in skin rash, swelling of mucous membranes, sneezing or wheezing. Having an allergy to something averse.
Avoid from every form of evil. I Thessalonians 5:22.
Let those who love the Lord hate evil. Psalm 97:10.
We are sure that some of the readers of these devotionals will look at our WORD today and say, “Where are they going with this WORD?” Many people today struggle with allergies. For some it is food, some it is plants or grass and some just the air we breathe. An allergy makes a person very uncomfortable and normally affects one physically. Therefore we need to do all we can to avoid the cause of the allergy.
Both of us constantly struggle with allergies and several of our children and grandchildren do also. Just as we know to stay away from things that affect our physical health the Bible warns us to avoid dangers that affect our spiritual health. So today we want to talk about these dangers which are SPIRITUAL ALLERGIES.
The scripture that we have put above makes it clear as to what we are allergic to spiritually. Psalm 97:10 says those who love the Lord are to hate evil. As believers we are to hate evil in every form. This means not only the obvious sins found in the Ten Commandments but also the ones that society today has come to accept and overlook.
When we take part of something that is clearly evil it is not good for our spiritual vitality and like an allergy we must fight it daily. It is easy to relate to this when I (Ken) think about physical allergies that I fight. I am allergic to cats. So if I want to avoid the sneezing, coughing, stuffiness I need to avoid the cause which is cats. Just as we have to avoid the cause of physical allergies we must avoid situations that lead one to do things that are evil.
In II Timothy 2:23 we are reminded to “avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife.” These are evil and we as Christians are allergic to them. In Titus 3:9 we are told to “Avoid foolish disputes, contentions and strivings about the law, for they are unprofitable and useless.” This is a spiritual allergy.
To avoid sin in our lives, which are allergies, we need to nip temptations in the bud. “Turn from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14.
Our memory verse for this week is found in John 3:3.
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Help me to avoid every situation that would tempt me to do evil and cause my spiritual health to suffer. Give me the wisdom to avoid foolish and ignorant disputes as I face life today. Help me to communicate to my family and my friends that those foolish arguments and disputes do not honor You. Help me to love the things God loves and hates the evil things of this world that God hates.
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