'Standards of This World'
Author C.L. Mareydt
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'The Standards Of This World Are Not Our Standards'
How often do we hear this righteous phrase and how often do we really
heed this righteous phrase? "The standards of this World are not our
standards." As Believers these few words should mold our very existence
from day to day. I would dare say in the day and age we live in; from
moment to moment and from choice to choice.
The Apostle Paul wrote to the Believing Christians in Rome that they
should not be conformed to this World (the influences of pagan Rome),
but be transformed by the renewing of their minds (the influences of
the Gospel of Yahshua), that they would prove in their demonstration of
living in a Roman society; what is good and acceptable (right standing
in judgments and actions) and perfected will of YaHWeH (keeping His
standards first-most in everything). Paraphrased from Romans 12:2.
If Paul had to admonish his fellow brethren over 2000 years ago, how
much more so you and I today? We, who now live in a world full of
deceitful pollutants that have escalated from Paul's time onward! We
don't even have to go out our own homes to be effected by our
Romanistic society. Its intolerable presence looms at us from our
televisions, our stereos, our CD's, our videos, our computers, our
movies, and most entertainments that would try to occupy our lives.
Such dark paganism has literally infiltrated, on a global scale now,
into businesses, schools, universities, governments, and even religious
institutions. There is little reprieve from such and less solace to
find within such realms.
We will either go with the flow of this blinding darkness that now
permeates our society; or we will make a quality decision, with help
from The Holy Spirit, yielding first to standards that promote a
righteous quality within our lives. Choosing righteous standards based
on heartfelt decisions of faithfulness toward Yahshua and each others
first. Not yielding to the scourge of dark abuse this World promotes
that would blithely sap the essence of any divine righteous
spirituality from our lives.
The standards of this World have sunk to a new low and it is very
evident in our World today. But, brethren, it does not mean we have to
go along with it! Within each day, within each moment we can choose
between the World and its standards or the standards that will uphold
our faith and love toward Yahshua. Each choice we make releases the
next choice to be made. Whether seen or unseen, known or unknown, every
choice in thought or action sets its own distinct pattern within our
lives.
The standards of this World do not have to be our standards. We do
not
have to mold our lives according to the dictates of this World, and we
shouldn't. Each one of us instead should be a constant reminder to this
World, that there really is a higher standard. We should be the
examples, full of light, that shine in such darkness providing a light
for those who may pass our way.
This is a real challenge in today's World. This takes walking the
talk, and talking the walk. Here our accountability is on the line, not
only to the World, but to the brethren and toward Yahshua also. For the
standards of this World are not our standards; only when we really
desire a higher standard for our own lives first! Know matter who or
what we may be, or even where in this life we may find ourselves right
now; there is still a higher standard for you personally to take very
personally first.
tgy
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C.L. Mareydt
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