God you’ve got something to say about the enemy haven’t you?

Do you think that the circumstances of your life make you happy if they are what you want and unhappy if you don’t? Yet you see exceptions to this rule in both directions. If you change your circumstances in an attempt to make yourself happy you are likely to make things worse by adding frustration. You know some people who are happy even in difficulties. They have learned that happiness is internal and this is linked to the Biblical concept of contentment. You also know people who can make themselves as miserable as they please. Make this dynamic work in your favor instead of against you. 

In hygiene class you learn that one of the most vulnerable paths for infection to enter your body is through your eyes. Do you understand that there is a spiritual parallel for this? I said that if your eye was single your whole body would be full of light, but if your eye was in darkness how great was that darkness. Don’t this that this is limited to lust and pornography. It is a general spiritual principle. It isn’t just about what you see, but how you see it, for two people looking at the same thing don’t see the same thing. Don’t view this as a negative message. Focus on the promise that if you have true vision your whole body is full of light. 

One problem with living by the law is the lack of qualified enforcers, although there are many unqualified who apply for the job. I set the standard that he who was without sin should cast the first stone. This is one of the most familiar and quoted Bible passages by unbelievers. It fits with removing the plank from your own eye to see clearly to assist your brother in removing a speck from his eye. Don’t misunderstand these passages to eliminate the concepts of right and wrong. Applying correction to others is something to be done in fear and trembling even for those appointed to the task. Apply the same eagerness you have to judge others to yourself instead.