The Blessed Man 2

     I don't know if parents still insist that "because everybody else is doing it" is a lame excuse, but in my youth it was fashionable. Parents back then wondered aloud that if everybody jumped of a cliff, their children would follow suit. Of course, this sense of wonder often lead parents to come right out and ask about their chilren's stance on the issue. I vividly remember the first time I heard myself asking the question of my children. Judging by the way diversity has come to mean walking in lockstep with current fashion, I have serious doubts parents are least bit concerned these days. 

     My father was a big believer that legality conferred only society's permission. It did not make a thing right or true. He taught me that I should study and decide for myself rather than parrot the thoughts of others. He knew that the world is a take sides kind of place and it matters whose side your on. Moses once asked Israel, "Who is on the Lord's side?" The answer mean life or death. It still does.

     The psalmist said a man is blessed if he "walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners." Taking a stance against sin doesn't necessarily require verbally striking out against it, but it does mean we're not to cozy up to its fire. A refusal to join or partake is often a more powerful blow than denounciation.  

     How many of the moral cliffs you once stood atop have you jumped off in pursuit of approval? Popular opinion is the new morality seeking to supplant God's word. It is at work in the church and many have fallen under its sway. However, the blessed man knows to seek God ways and forsake the of sinners.