Today’s Thought “Nosy Neighbors” G. Ward

“And to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you, so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need.” 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

 

There’s a paradigm created by some insisting that a neighbor viewing the entirety of what may/or may not be going on at one’s home, as violating. While for some others (like me), we are so entirely disinteresting that no imposition is perceived.

The church (seemingly) has more adopted a secular view of privatized behaviors (that perpetuates a notion of someone as nosy) more than transparency. This adoption desires our being perceived as complex, while unnecessarily vigilant on a battlefield non-existent. Although we’re admonished to exemplify Christ and His righteousness (realizing He had nothing to hide), we maintain a multiplicity of personality traits that should have our physicians prescribing Alprazolam (Xanax). Those who submit to the things of the Spirit only seek to hide themselves; that the Holy God in them would shine forth (cf. Ps.91:1, Mt.5:16, Gal.5:16).

Happy Wednesday!