"Careful What You Eat"

"Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties." (Psalms 141:4)

  How wonderful it is to know that God watches out for us! The point of what this makes known to us, especially those of us that are taken into places where, let's just say, there might be some sort of temptation that presents itself; we need to know that the Lord is more than able to watch over us; if we are inclined to listen! I have an idea that this is more about staying pure, than it is about being protected. The amount of temptation around us today is overwhelming; I really cannot believe how much difference a few decades can make in the way people absorb evil, as if it is no big deal. It all begins with a little compromise; just a little plot within our own hearts, to somehow design or make a wish, even if it is somehow not obtainable. This is the opening of what David is asking God to do, to stop his heart from plotting or pondering any evil thing. That is where it starts, by allowing those things to begin to take root in our hearts. When we do that, we begin a process of feeding that thing, which then becomes a practice. I know you know what I am taking about, because there is really nothing uncommon in the human heart. There might be degrees of wickedness; but the bottom line, is that all wickedness still has the same result, death! Yes, it is true; it might not be physical death, but death has all sorts of characters, be it spiritual, material, or even emotional. To put this is terms that might be a little easier to comprehend, the word, "dainties," is a word that is speaking of costly banquets. In other words, there is something that is forfeited in the process of fulfilling the banquet of desire: The Cost! A little something that gets overlooked by desire and the practice to fulfill more desire; because once the that banquet gets started, it seems the food becomes more abundant but also less fulfilling...

"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." (2 Corinthians 6:14-18)