TODAY’S WORD FOR WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2017.
UPSIDE-DOWN
DEFINITION:
Complete disorder or topsy-turvy.
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21
We must understand this fact: We are living in an upside-down world. Here is what we mean so you can understand our definition of an upside-down world.
People hate when they should love. People quarrel when they should be friendly. People fight when they should be peaceful. People wound when they should heal. People steal when they should share. People do wrong when they should do right.
What we are saying is that people have lost any caring feelings they may have had when they think of others. They do not understand the Biblical principles beginning with the Ten Commandments.
Our children had a toy clown that had a weight in its head. No matter what position you put this clown in it always assumed an upside-down position. You could carefully place it on its feet or on its side but when you let go of it, the clown would always flip back on its head and would not stay upright.
People that do not know Jesus today are just like this clown. You can talk to them, encourage them but when you leave them they always revert to an upside-down position.
That is why the disciples of Jesus were considered misfits to the world they lived in. To an upside-down person, a right side-up person seems upside-down.
To a sinner, one who does not know Jesus as their Savior, a righteous person, one who has accepted Jesus as their Savior, is an oddity and abnormal. A Christian’s goodness is a rebuke to the wicked because his being right side-up is a reflection upon the world’s inverted positions on the things of life.
In Proverbs 21:29 we read that “a wicked man puts up a bold front, but an upright man gives thought to his way.” The wicked acts in defiance of God and puts up a bold front that there is nothing wrong with their evil ways. They want to live the way they want to live. The upright man thinks about his actions before he acts and asks the question, “What does God require of me?”
We challenge you today to take your eyes off of the world of confusion and evil and stop living upside-down. Focus your eyes and heart on Jesus and His instructions for right living.
Our memory verse for this week is found in Genesis 1:1.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Help me, dear Lord, to imitate what is good in life and not on the evil we witness daily. Guide me as I tell my family and friends that he who does good and lives a life that is not upside-down is of God.
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