There are several thoughts, opinions, lifestyles and world views surrounding us today, with each of them trying to control our mind and lead our way of life. They are so numerous that often it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil, right and wrong.
How do you evaluate whether something is right or wrong. What are your standards? Your standards determine your values. Your values are your thoughts and viewpoints. They determine your life ways. Your life ways determine who you are. They can help you reach where you want to be in life or pull you a whole way back.
Right choices which always are influenced by right values and standards make you reach right destinations. However, how are you going to know which one is right and wrong in this full of thoughts, opinions and life styles world by which all the media, your peers, families, friends… telling you different standards and trying to control over your mind setups? How are you going to stand straight with all of these confusions?
One of the most successful men in history who ruled his country with justice and protected his people from their enemies for forty years asked a question.He was a classic poet of his time by whom his poems are quiet an inspiration over centuries and up to now. How can a young man keep his way pure? He answered his question himself, with full confidence, because it was exactly what led him to his success. By living according to your wordPsalm 119:9 He also added: I consider how you want me to live……I will not fail to obey your word. Psalm 119:15-16
Living in this full of information, knowledge, thoughts and opinions world, with high difficulty of choosing right from wrong, how are you going to keep your way pure? How are you going to live the right way in order to reach your goals and destinations in your life? As this successful man indicated, consider how God wants you to live. Do not fail to obey him. Live according to his standards and values. This is your precious and priceless life we are talking about here. Do not spend it living below standards. Live on what God wants you to live. It is the standard your life requires.