Leadership and Life in the Ditch

UV 994/10,000 Leadership and Life in the Ditch He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. Revelation 22 v 11 https://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=667&q=The+blind+leading+the+blind&oq God has laid all His cards on the table and now He says, “ It is all up to you. If you want to follow your own whims and fancies, your own reasoning and wisdom, you are free to do so. If you want to follow the blind, go ahead. If you want to follow me and walk the straight and narrow path that winds upward to heaven, you are also welcome.” When He says, “ Let the blind follow the blind”, He implies that spiritual blindness is a blindness by choice. We have an option to see the way ahead clearly but we choose not to. We bind ourselves in bondage as we choose to be blind. As long as people do not accept the leadership of God Himself, they are bound to fall into the ditch of injustice either as perpetrators or as victims, the ditch of filth, the ditch of unrighteousness and the ditch of impurity. The degree of wickedness, impurity, injustice and lust is only going to increase and worsen with the passage of time. But those of us who look into the mirror of His Word and see our faults and attempt to correct these flaws with the help of the Holy Spirit and the grace of God, we need to be steadfast and persistent in being just, righteous, clean and pure in our thoughts, words and deeds. When we look intently into the mirror of the Word, we see our impurities, our blemishes and our shortcomings. We are no longer blind like the rest of the world who do not know who they are, where they came from, why they are here and where they are going. Once we are able to discern our blind spots and our blemishes, the Word becomes the spiritual water to wash us clean. The words “ be still and know I am God” also means “ be still and be just like God, be still and be righteous like God, be still and be pure like God, be still and be holy like God.” As for the unjust, the unrighteous or the deliberately unrepentant wicked, the wantonly impure and unholy, the Lord will deal with them in due time. We cannot expect real justice, purity or righteousness in this world from the people of the world but the world can expect justice, mercy, purity and righteousness from the people of God. The two will be like oil and water that cannot mix. The more the world moves into darkness, the more we should shine like stars in the darkness. We are not part of the problem but part of the solution. Prateep V Philip