THE TRAGEDY OF A DOUBLE STANDARD EXISTENCE

SCRIPTURE: “They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence” – 2 Kings 17:33.
 
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The tragedy of a double standard existence is the tragedy of perpetual and perennial captivity.
 
Our anchor scripture reveals that though the children of Israel feared the LORD, they served their own gods. This is a conflicting and contradictory lifestyle; how can someone profess that he fears God and at the same time serve the gods of his enemies? It is absolutely paradoxical; this is double-standard existence. No wonder they ended in long term captivity.
 
Beloved, the tragedy of a double standard existence is the tragedy of perpetual and perennial captivity.
 
Key thoughts:
(a) You cannot serve God on your terms but on His terms:- The meaning of this is, you cannot adjust God’s Word to suit your lifestyle, but you can adjust your lifestyle to suit the standard of God’s Word.
 
(b) You cannot hold on to your ways and do God’s Will:-  If you want to see the Will of God, you must line yourself up with His Will.
 
But the tragedy is, many Christians can be perfectly comfortable with such company and think it is normal. For a lion to be comfortable in the company of pigs is an abomination.
 
So, the mixture of the fear of God and the serving of gods has no future.
 
Remember this: The tragedy of a double standard existence is the tragedy of perpetual and perennial captivity.
 
ASSIGNMENT(S): 
1. By all means, disconnect and desist from every trace of a doubled standard lifestyle. 
2. Avoid the wrong company like a plague and determine to stand out clearly for Christ even if you have to stand alone. 
 
PRAYER: LORD, I refuse to fear You and still serve the god of money, materialism and vanity. I repent from every double standard existence I exhibited in time past, and I ask for the grace O LORD, to firmly uphold Your standards in this generation in Jesus’ Name.
 
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: THE TRAGEDY OF DOUBLE STANDARD EXISTENCE.
 
QUOTE: When God sees a person living a lie, and behaving a lie, when He sees hypocrisy, He hates it with a passion because He is the embodiment of truth. Culled from WHO ARE YOU? by Dr Paul Enenche.
 
DAILY READING: Genesis 31:17-32:12, Matthew 10:24-11:6, Psalm 13:1-6, Proverbs 3:16-18