Garbage In, Garbage Out

It's kind of busy over here in my world, so I apologize for the late post.

There's an old saying: "Garbage in, garbage out" that I find to be totally true. Whatever you 'feed' yourself is what you're going to put out into the atmosphere. What your eyes consume, what your ears hear, and what your mouth swallows is what you're ultimately going to put out into the atmosphere yourself.

You can try and hide it all you want, but your evenings spent watching the reality shows where every other word is bleeped out will affect your behavior. Listening to all of the R&B, rap, and hip-hop will have an influence on your thought patterns. Reading all those Zane novels... oops, Christian folks don't get down with Zane now do they? Do they?

No matter what you do, it will affect you. It could be as simple as taking up the majority of your time so you don't spend any with God on a daily basis. The music you play in your ears can stifle the sounds of worship your spirit would normally want to produce. Feasting on the words of man instead of the word of God can stifle the growth of your spirit.

I believe that we can enjoy tv, reading, (clean) music, and the like. But I don't believe that we should allow these things to take more of our time than what we devote to maintaining our Christian walk and fellowshipping with God. There are so many things in our life that can benefit from a healthy spirit and a strong relationship with God. Yet, many of us forfeit our chances to grow and get closer to Him because of our love for the things of this world.

As a result of our over indulgence in worldly things, we have a lot of non-Christlike Christians roaming the earth hurting our witness and turning the world off to our faith. What would make someone want to become saved if they can't tell the difference between a saint and a sinner?

Let's change up what we are letting in to our beings. As we make sure that we are feeding ourselves more from the Lord's table, we will be able to produce more fruit that will be of a greater benefit to the world around us.

Verse of the Day: Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1 John 2:15