Turn Away

I feel like this verse is very self-explanatory. There may be some hint of “easier said than done”, but nonetheless it is straightforward. 

However, what I want to focus on is the very last part, “turn away from evil”. This is very interesting to me in that it doesn’t say watch out for evil or avoid evil when it comes. It says turn away from evil because unfortunately we experience many different forms of evil in our everyday lives. Social media can turn into many types of evil if we are not careful. The internet has been overrun with evil. And those are just a few things most of us encounter every day that we must turn away from. 

Putting that back into context, when do we have to turn from evil? When we choose to be wise in our own eyes. How can that be any more against scripture. We are told to seek first the kingdom and His righteousness. We are told to put others before ourselves. We are told that we should not put any other idols before God. And yet we still must constantly be told that being “wise” in our own eyes leads to not turning away from evil. 

I encourage you to fear God (in the healthy respectful way obviously). Try this next week to do nothing in your own wisdom and journal about it. Keep a notebook about all the decisions you didn’t make based on your own wisdom. See if you don’t begin fleeing evil with a joyful heart, you are more easily prepared to battle against it. 
Cody R

  ’96 / ’08  Jacksonville FL

Doris Jean H

’44 / ’55 Manheim PA