The Spirit of Compromise

Lately, I have been thinking over my life and the lives of others and how there appears to be this compromising mindset. We may settle for a certain grade, in a friendship, or in our relationship with God. The type of compromising attitude I'm speaking about is when we don't give our all. 

We can learn a lot from the seven churches in Revelation 2 and 3. In particular, the Laodicea and Ephesus churches stand out to me. This is probably because I have fallen victim to the charges that stood against these churches. They lost their first love and they were neither hot nor cold. We can't give our all to God when we are stuck in a lukewarm mindset or if we have lost our focus from serving him completly. 

Listen, compromising is hardly a good thing because you're pretty much stuck lowering your standards while the other person gets more than they bargained for. With most compromising situations someone wins and someone loses. When you don't give your all in your relationship with God, it may appear that you're "winning" if you're living it up and having the time of your life. But, get that, it's not really you who is winning, it's the devil. If you keep up that lifestyle of compromising and not giving your all with Jesus, you will lose when he spews you out of his mouth. It just doesn't measure up because you're not only hurting yourself but also God. You're his beloved child, and it hurts him when you're not walking with him.

So, I was listening to this awesome song by the Newsboys. ( http://youtu.be/WjZ01FcK0yk) Me and my friend Tania were jamming and singing along to this song while we waited for my friend Camielle in Walmart's parking lot, when this guy parks next to us blaring his music. It was some nonsense music about bottles popping or something. However, his music started to get louder than my radio. All of a sudden my radio started to get static so I couldn't hear my music anymore. It then picked up his music and began to play his song. Once I realized this, I shut off the radio and turned on my Christian cd. 

Meaning: We can be doing what we need to do and be on the right track then a trick of the enemy comes up, and it's like we can't hear or feel God near. We can become complacent and accept our issues or we can fight back. If you are compromising your spiritual walk so that you can live in the flesh or you're not giving your all, get up and press in his presence to ensure that you get what you need from Him. Don't just sit back and let things happen. Do all it takes to give your all to God. If one way isn't working, try another. 

http://youtu.be/WjZ01FcK0yk

Listen to "Give My All" by KB. 

I provided the link above :)