Friday, December 27, 2019

MATT Good Morning! I’m Matt Farmer, Associate Pastor at Central United Methodist Church in Meridian. Looking out the window of an airplane, you can see the winding paths of rivers below. Except for some man-made waterways, all rivers have one thing in common—they all are crooked. The reason is simple—they follow the path of least resistance finding their way around anything that blocks their flow because they take the easy way. The same can be said for some people. Because they fail to resist evil, they yield to temptation and deviate from the path God would have them follow. 1 John 4:4 says, “He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world”. Rather than being overcome, we can be overcomers. Nothing should deter us from the course God wants us to travel. We don’t have to yield to any temptation or foe. The Holy Spirit who lives in us will strengthen us so that we can remain steadfast. We won’t become “crooked” if we refuse to follow the path of least resistance.