Last week we looked at separation. God always separates things. It brings clarity and distinction.
This week we continue looking at the importance of separation.
What is the danger in not separating things? If something is not definable, you end up with a mixture that only breeds confusion. God is not a God of confusion but a God of order.
When we fail to separate things, we open ourselves to deception. The inability to distinguish only breeds confusion that leads to deception. If you don’t know what is right and what is wrong, how do you know that what you think is even right. What if it is wrong? Separating right from wrong stops confusion and deception. Separating male from female stops confusion. Separating life from death stops confusion. Separating good from bad stops confusion. Nobody wants to be confused right?
The reality of life is this: Mixture will deceive people who in turn will compromise values just so that they don’t look confused. Are we easily confused?
I believe what we see currently, where people are confused about their identity, confused about their sexuality, are all results of us stopping separating right from wrong, life from death and light from darkness. When we compromised our values, instead of reaching the world, we confused them. We bring confusion because we compromise our believes.
Compromise is when you call anything something else than what it is. The ability to make a distinction, keeps you safe from being deceived. Calling sin a sickness doesn’t help. Calling wrong right, does not help.
Look at what Jesus says about the wheat and the tares. This is a parable that clearly states that we can grow both good and bad fruit. Our lives are like a field that receives seed. The kingdom is the good seed and the enemy is the one sowing bad seeds.
Matt. 13:25-27 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then comes the tares?
The results are only visible once the fruit shows up. While the plants are small, no one noticed the difference. It shows that we are not always able to distinguish immediately. That means that you can walk in deception for a season. Fruit takes time to manifest. We all are prone to deception that can lead to confusion. How much more do we need the ability to be able to distinguish things sooner. Separating things make it easier to distinguish. That is why God separates things. It makes it easier for us.
Next week we will continue looking at separation.
