In, Out, or Straddle

We can live within the laws God has established for us in His Word and experience His blessings or stubbornly rebel by ignoring or rejecting them. Disobedience invites God’s disfavor and consequences that often affect innocent bystanders as well.

With God, there is no middle ground or straddling; you act rightly or wrongly. Indecisiveness is of little significance when making trivial decisions like which restaurant to have dinner in, but it can wreak havoc with spiritual matters. It is impossible to wholeheartedly serve God while holding on to the things of the world. You are either in or out—with God or against Him. What will the Lord find as He searches your innermost being? “The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly” (Proverbs 20:27).