Avoiding Evil
How can we avoid the evil in this world and in our lives? What do we need to move away from and what do we need to move towards to experience God and to avoid evil?
Avoiding evil is just a part of the call as a follower of Jesus. We do not simply avoid evil, we also need to move towards God and the good.
The Book of James teaches us, saying, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded... Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.” (James 4:7-10, ESV).
Repentance requires turning from evil. However, doing only this part of repentance is a halfway and half-hearted repentance. We do not only need to turn from evil, we have to turn back to God and back to good in our lives. When we turn away from evil and towards God we experience a 100% and complete repentance.
May we experience God’s blessing and good in our lives as we submit to God, drawing near to God and to good, and turning away from evil in our lives.
A Collect for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, (Proper 21): “O merciful Lord, grant to your faithful people pardon and peace, that we may be cleansed from all our sins and serve you with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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