(Psalms 55:8-11) I would hurry to find a shelter from the
raging wind and tempest." Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see
violence and strife in the city. Day and night they go around it on its walls,
and iniquity and trouble are within it; ruin is in its midst; oppression and
fraud do not depart from its marketplace.
(Matthew 7:24-27) "Everyone then who hears these words
of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that
house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And
everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a
foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods
came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great
was the fall of it."
When you find yourself in the midst of unrighteousness,
whether it has been inflicted upon you or by your own doing, the answer and
only appropriate response is to flee. David says that he hurried to find
shelter, meaning that he did not stroll away from danger. He did not waste a
moment or linger around to bid his friends and acquaintances farewell; he fled
and he fled quickly!
Paul warns the Corinthian church that bad company corrupts
good morals (1 Corinthians 15:33). He did not mean that we should never
associate with individuals who are unrighteous, but that we should not
participate—in any way and on any level—in their unrighteous deeds. The Lord's
intention is for the righteous to bring the unrighteous into their
righteousness, not for the righteous to immerse themselves in unrighteousness
in order to influence the unrighteous.
When you find yourself in the midst of unrighteousness,
whether it be in the privacy of your own thoughts or in the company of
others—even believers—flee and flee quickly lest you be influenced by the
unrighteousness
Questions For Discussion
How are unrighteous situations inflicted upon you?
What are some ways the enemy entices you to linger in an
unrighteous situation?
How does the Lord intend for you to respond to
unrighteousness, even in the midst of believers?
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