White Balanced

As a broadcaster I learned that when you use a video camera it’s best to first point your camera to a white piece of paper. This technique has been used for years and years. They use the white paper as true standard by which to set the lens. The technique is called “WHITE BALANCE” The camera is focused on a white, pure image... before trying to adjust and focus on people, clothes, and the moving action.. like a football game. Without first setting the camera to a “White Balance” the images will be off-color, blurring, not a crisp and clear as they could be.

The scriptures remind us to “fix our eyes on Jesus”, He is our white balance.
The things he said, the way he lived, and the sacrifice that he made for each one of us. When I focus on Jesus Christ, the Bible.... the many timeless truths found in the Holy Scriptures... I get “WHITE BALANCED”. This has got to become a daily practice in my life or I don’t stand a chance against the influnces of this world or our enemy Satan.

The Apostle challenges us to be “white balance” as Jesus Followers.
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. (Romans 12:2)

That’s a tough one to hear, especially when other places we are told to be, “In the world but not of this world.” God does not call us to retreat, from the world... yet he also does not want to be conformed to it either.

People we have to admit that the things of this world can have a strong influence and pull our lives. If we admit that, then we are able to attack the various areas in our lives that arer being compromised by buying into this world and it’s low standards. How do we do that?

We must once again return to the true standard of God. We must be daily “white balanced” by reading the scriptures, listening and allowing the Holy Spirit to guide and direct our steps. Once we remember the true standard, then we will be able to interpret everything else in light of the true standard instead of interpreting everything else according to everything else.

Are you tired of slowly being poisoned by this world? Are you wanting to remove the toxic influences in your life? Test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:21-22)