A faithful Christian will always be "out of step" with and even opposed to the world. By "the world" we mean the secular godless, materialistic, hedonistic pursuit of wealth, power and pleasure. We do not mean the world of beauty, and goodness that displays the artistic creativity of God who has lavished this planet and the universe with so many overpowering expressions of his own Beauty. These we embrace with joy and gratitude as they lift our spirits to him. The "standards of the world" turn us away from him and can never be part of our lives. We wish that we could be separated from them for good, but Jesus tells us "I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the Evil One....Consecrate them in the truth." (Jn 17: 15, 17). Our place is to witness to this truth, to live it and allow it to shed light to the "worldly" and help transform it to the Godly. A huge task demanding the unity with Jesus, that he has been speaking about in John 17 and which is the key to victory in a world so misdirected and empty. By the power of the Holy Spirit may we be "in the world, but not of it."
Bro. Rene
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