Flee Evil - Pursue Righteousness, 2 Timothy 2:22a,b

Flee Evil - Pursue  Righteousness

2 Timothy 2:22a,b Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace.

If is not enough to flee evil, we must go on to pursue righteousness in its place. Jesus tells what happens when an evil spirit leaves a man... it leaves, finds no place to go, comes back with other evil spirits to take over the man's life. Paul tells the Ephesians that they must be controlled by the Spirit. They are not to leave themselves open to the uncontrolled influence of alcohol (Eph. 5:18). Anyone who has been involved with people who have had addictions know that you cannot stop a bad habit without replacing it with a good one, or they will fall right back into the trap of sin.

K and A, you know this to be true. It happens with any type of habit. You must replace a bad habit, whether snacking on a bag of chips or wasting time on some social media site, with a habit that is beneficial to your life or you will be right back to what you were trying to escape, maybe to a greater extent. Flee evil by pursuing right living, by deepening your faith, by loving others though doing things for them, and flee evil desires by seeking peace with yourself and others. That is how you defeat temptations, get more of God and his ways and evil will flee from you.

~Dad