Yesterday I talked about other people being a pitfall in terms of TV. Today I will talk about ourselves being the pitfall. Then Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, enemy of mine?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have given yourself over to do evil in the sight of the Lord. 1 Kings 21:20. We are our own worst enemy most of the time, it can be other people or other things but most of the time it is own mind and body that cause us to sin. We have a choice to what we do on our TVs. People can physically make you do but for the sake of this discussion we will not go there. A remote sitting does not turn on by itself and turn to something that is not holy. A remote unto itself is not something that is evil or used for evil but only by an action can be it be used for evil or for Good.
We wrestle everyday with good versus evil. This is no different on our own TVs. As I have said we have the choice what we do on our TVs to something that lift up the Name of Jesus or the choice to turn and do evil things on our TVs. The choice is yours, that is why we our own worst enemy because we can explain it away to ourselves, or justify why we need to do it, or we just go to the edge, and we end up in the thick of it. No matter how you look at it all leads to us being destroyed or destruction. So, he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab, for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his own destruction. 2 Chronicles 22:4. There is so much evil that surrounds us in this wicked world that it is hard not to see it and be tempted to go down that path and follow it, but it will lead to our destruction.
On our TVs there us a lot of things that are unholy. We choose what to do with those unholy things to seek them or to seek Jesus. I keep asking that in different ways so it will sink into your brain.
Today I want you to take time to ask yourself these questions and answer them truthfully.
Do you justify what you watch on your TV?
Do you watch things that are unholy intentionally or unintentionally?
Is what you watch holy or unholy or is it neutral? an example of neutral is the weather.
Do you need to get out of the way, so Jesus can do a work in what you watch on your TV?
Do you need to create boundaries surrounding your TV, so you do not stumble, or it become a stumbling block?
Are you lying to yourself about what you do on your TV?
Think about these things, answer them, and tomorrow we will discuss these question.
All Bible verses taken from the NASB
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