Chaff or Wheat? {a devotional}
My
son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them
not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For
they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. Proverbs 4:20-22.
Light
and truth are within the reach of all, ... but if they do not set their
minds to searching God’s Word, Satan will find chaff to fill their
minds, leaving no room for the growth of the precious seed of truth....
We are surrounded with temptations so disguised that they allure while
they taint and corrupt the soul.
The
youth of our cities breathe in the tainted, polluted atmosphere of
crime.... They are educated in crime by reading the stories which fill
the popular publications of the day. Having no regard for the right
because it is right, as they read stories of theft, murder, and every
other species of crime, they are led to devise plans by which they could
improve upon the criminals’ methods, and escape detection. Thus these
foul publications assist in perfecting the education of the youth in the
way that leads to perdition.
It
is a great evil to bring these trashy magazines into the family, and
yet many parents are asleep to this peril. They do not know what kind of
food is being supplied to the minds of their children. The food that is
given to the mind should be pure and wholesome. God calls upon His
people to turn away from the brackish streams of the valley, and drink
from the pure streams of Lebanon. A study of God’s Word, which is
eternal life to the receiver, would invigorate and strengthen the mind;
but too often the grace of Christ finds the right of way obstructed by
the mass of rubbish which has been allowed to accumulate in the mind.
The mind is not kept hungry for the blessed Word, which must be eaten in
order for the thoughts to be pure and holy....
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