"Good Means Resolute"

"I have hated the congregation of evildoers; and will not sit with the wicked." (Psalms 26:5) If I could simply try to live by one specific rule for keeping out of trouble, this one could be a good one to adhere to. I really do not have any sin in my life that I do not like; although, sin does have a way of winning you over to the other sins which are hated. It is really important that we keep a "good eye" out for sin that is allowed to hang around in our lives. I say "good eye", because we can sometimes have two-sided vision when it comes to the sin that is present in our own lives; the other side we could call a "blind eye", and it would be one that simply cannot see the sin because it chooses not to! To put this into a little better perspective, we should use the modern day term known as the Internet; something that David did not need to deal with, and something that is a plague on society more than it is a benefit. Don't get me wrong, I love looking stuff up, checking out the Drudge, and how emails work; but the "congregation of evildoers" is so accessible and subtle, if you are not careful, you will find yourself "sitting with the wicked"!!! It does not just mean that you must stay away from porn sites, although that is pretty much a given; but it can include all sorts of social networks, places that are meant to congregate and share conversations and pictures with one another, can become places that spark lust and appetite for the things which can cause that "good eye" to turn away. Hating the congregation of evildoers is a good practice to put in place, because it keeps your guard up and you can tell when you are entering into, or have stumbled into some place you do not want to be. The meaning of the word "resolute" is that of firmly resolved or determined; to be set in purpose or opinion; unwavering. We know what the Lord requires of us, and we should be firmly resolved to maintain or exceed His requirements for our lives; to not set out to do so, when we know it is so, is something that is hard to ask forgiveness for; although, He is more than willing to forgive us, it is something we have a hard time accepting His forgiveness over. That is why sin must be rooted up and allowed to be removed from our lives; because any sin, no matter how small it might appear to us, can become a growth within us that blocks out our good vision, and increases the "blind-eye" within us. Sin is sin; simple enough to understand how missing the mark is called sin, and how having a mark set before you is that which you resolve to hit..."Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you." (Philippians 3:12-15)