Choose Innocence

Proverbs 28-29; Psalms 60; Romans 16 

“Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil. The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.”

Romans 16:19, 20

To be innocent of what is evil is not to be naïve; but rather, it is to be separated from evil by choice. To be wise about what is good is to choose the good. We are to think about “whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure…” (Philippians 4:8). Satan is our enemy whom Christ has defeated and it is under Christ’s authority that we resist temptation, sin, and that which is evil. In Christ we can declare today that which is evil is under our feet. 

Why would we stoop to entertain evil when we have been given authority to rule and reign with Christ?

Jesus instructed his disciples to be wise as serpents and innocent as doves (Matthew 10:16). These words were spoken to the disciples as they left on a mission of sharing the gospel. Our separation from evil is what equips us to be salt and light in this world, in the midst of the spiritual warfare.

Are we wise about evil and compromised, or innocent and separated?

“Lord Jesus, I choose innocence and an undivided heart, for your glory.”