Have you ever heard the phrase, "Garbage in, Garbage out?" Basically what that means is, if you ate a double cheeseburger with fries and a large soda every day,that eventually your arteries would begin to be affected by the cholesterol that you are putting into your body everyday. Your arteries would become clogged, your heart would not be supplied with the amount of blood that is needed to keep it going and eventually you would have a heart attack.
This is how it works with what we allow into our minds, if we allow things like sex scenes in movies, songs about getting high, and magazines that give the best sex tips eventually we will begin to desire these things. “You will inevitably adopt the morality of the programs, movies, books, magazines, music, Internet sites and conversations you participate in."
Remember this, "You crave what you feed on, and you feed on what you crave."
What people fail to realize is that if you constantly put "junk" in your mind then eventually that junk will come out in your actions, the scripture addresses this issue. Proverbs 23:7 “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he…” What you watch, read, and listen to affects your way of thinking.
So if we are going to be "set apart" in what we watch, read, and listen to then how do we do that? How do you know if the movie that you are wanting to watch is not junk? How do you know if that new song is junk? Follow this simple rule and it is found in the scripture, Phillipians 4:8 "Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of a good report…think on these things.”
Also pray this Psalm as a prayer that God would let you know in your heart if that movie or song is not pleasing to Him, Psalms 119:37 Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in your way.
A practical way to check a movie to see if it is "garbage" or "good," you can go to www.crosswalk.com and check it out there. They have a review on just about every movie that comes out.
Keep checking back, the next blog will be on being "sanctified in dating."
God Bless,
Nathan
