So I wanted to take a biblical perspective on another of my lovely country songs. Rodney Atkins wrote Watching You from the view of a father seeing how much of an influence he is on his son. The first part of the song, the son says a word he learned from the father that shocks the father and the second part is the father realizing that the son is learning the positive things as well.
What if we took a similar perspective and as Christians we took the role of the father. We are here to set an influence. We are placed on earth to represent the Father and to bring to the world an image of Him. The whole world IS watching us and recognizing when we slip up and fail to properly represent. This is the only difference. We can't wait to mess up to realize that we must keep ourselves in line.
Luke 17:2 says "It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin." God's anger towards those who mislead His children is so great that it would be better for one to kill himself. We cannot idle around until we are caught sinning. We must actively pursue perfection and to be like Christ, just as the name Christian pertains. Don't lose sight and remained focused on Him.
---- The Walking Man
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