THURSDAY February 5, 2026
The Magnetism of the World
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 2:15
Christian, we must resist the magnetic pull of the world. Every day the world is trying to pull us away from following the Lord. The desires we find in the world will tempt us: For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world (1 John 2:16).
This earthly world is sensual and devilish. The pull of the world will try to lure the Christian away from the spiritual kingdom that God has placed them into. Remember, we are not of this world, because God has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins (Colossians 1:13-14).
There are many temptations and snares in this world that will try to entrap us and destroy our souls––sex, drugs and alcohol. A sobering exhortation is given to us by the Apostle James: Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God (James 4:4).
Can we enjoy the things in this world that God has blessed us with? Of course! Ecclesiastes 5:19 NIV gives us this viewpoint: ...when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God. But we need to have an eternal perspective: Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy (1 Timothy 6:17).
So I leave you with this eternal standpoint: ...the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever (1 John 2:17). We spend such a short time in this world; look beyond it into eternity.
Christians should live in the world, but not be filled with it. A ship lives in the water; but if the water gets into the ship, she goes to the bottom. So Christians may live in the world; but if the world gets into them, they sink.
~D. L. Moody~
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