TODAY’S WORD FOR TUESDAY APRIL 19, 2016.
WORLDLINESS
Pertaining to this world as contrasted to heaven; devoted to, directed toward, or connected with the affairs, interests or pleasures of this world; the world’s value system.
And Jesus said to them, You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. John 8:23.
In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. John 16:33.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2.
We can remember when we were young children going with one of our parents to the local movie theater to see the news of the week on a newsreel. In this modern age of telecommunication we can hear and see what is happening in all parts of the world almost instantly in the comfort of our own home. Unfortunately, what we see today on television and hear on the radio is more the evils of the world than the good.
Satan is continually looking for weaknesses in our daily living and he uses the enticement of worldliness to woo us away from our love of the Lord. It is a constant temptation because evil is made to look so glamorous and enticing by the evil one but the satisfaction that comes from worldliness is here today and gone tomorrow.
When we think of worldliness and the scripture we think of the account given us of the prodigal son. A father’s youngest son asked for his share of his inheritance and left home with his inheritance and journeyed to a faraway country for a life of worldliness that he desired and thought he must have.
The scripture says that he soon wasted all of his possessions and inheritance, ending up with nothing, no friends, no food and nowhere to stay. The son had hit the bottom before he could see the futility and hopelessness of worldly living.
Jesus in this parable tells of the son coming home, repenting and being accepted by his father who welcomed him home with a great feast and celebration. This parable is a message for anyone today who has reached the bottom of life living in worldliness. God, our Father is waiting for you to repent and then to welcome you home.
Jesus is not of this world and He does not want us to be conformed to this world (see the verse we have put above). In John 15:18-19 Jesus tells us, “If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world (worldliness), the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world (as a believer in Jesus), but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.”
God calls on us all to leave worldliness behind. We read in I John 2:15-17, “Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world, the cravings of sinful men, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does, comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.”
Our memory verse is found in James 4:17.
Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
Help me to distinguish clearly what is of God and what is of the world. Help me never to be conformed to this world and tempted by Satan’s bright lights and glamour. Make me an instrument of blessing that can bring honor and glory to You.
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