Read 1 Peter 4:1–3
Since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the
same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done
with sin.
1 Peter 4:1
Our attitudes are weapons, and weak or wrong attitudes will lead us
to defeat. Outlook determines outcome, and we must have the right
attitudes if we are to live a right life.
A friend and I met at a restaurant to have lunch. It was one of
those places where the lights are low, and people need a miner’s helmet to find their table. We had been seated several minutes before we
started looking at the menu, and I remarked that I was amazed how
easily I could read it. “Yes,” said my friend, “it doesn’t take us long to
get accustomed to the darkness.”
There is a sermon in that sentence: It is easy for us Christians to
get accustomed to sin. Instead of having a militant attitude that hates
and opposes it, we gradually get used to sin, sometimes without even
realizing it. The one thing that will destroy “the rest of [our] earthly
life” (v. 2) is sin. A believer living in sin is a terrible weapon in the
hands of Satan.
Something to Ponder
What are some “dim” areas in your own life where the light of God’s
truth needs to shine through more brightly?