James 4:1-6 4 Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet[a] you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”? 6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:“God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”
SOAP – James 4:4-6
When believers compromise and live for the culture, values, and ideas of the world we commit spiritual adultery. God makes it clear that we cannot serve two masters. When we live for the world, we will worship the things the world values which are in direct opposition to the values of God. We must choose daily to serve, worship, and live for God alone.
Where are you struggling to compromise with the world? God gives believers the power to resist the temptation to compromise God’s values and instead live wholeheartedly for Him.
Father God, I thank You for Your protection and escape from the temptation to compromise Your values and distort Your Word. Protect and guard my heart and mind from any thoughts, ideas, or belief systems that contradict Your Word. Lord, remove any areas of pride in my heart that may hinder me from humbly serving You and Your people. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
