I don't care what everybody else does

Remember growing up and asking to do something that your parents wouldn't allow you to do? If you were like me, you would probably try to reason with your parents by saying, "But, everyone else is doing it," or, "But, everyone else is going." To this very valid reasoning, your parents, if they were like mine, would say, "I don't care what everybody else is doing."

Oh, how my parents' words ring so true now that I have my children trying the same reasoning on me. And, how I have come to realize as I have gotten older that not EVERYONE else is doing it. When kids in the youth group would try to justify their actions by saying, "Well, everyone else is doing it." I would always reply, "I'm not. So, not EVERYONE else is doing it."

Today's word is Micah 4:5, NLT, which reads, "Though the nations around us follow their idols, we will follow the LORD our GOD forever and ever."

There are so many people in the world today following every idol and every false religion you can imagine. And, if you're not careful, if you're not vigilant, if you're not plugged in and studied up, you can easily be led astray because, you start thinking, "Well, if everybody else is doing it, it must be good.". Look, it may seem like EVERYONE else is doing it but don't be deceived, not EVERYONE.

I desire to stand strong, to speak the truth in love, and to tell others about the ONE, TRUE GOD. Others may chase idols and every wind of doctrine, but we will follow the LORD our GOD forever and ever.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T