Slow Fade

Most people today have heard the song, 'Oh be careful little eyes what you see'. Most likely in our Sunday School class as a young child. But in the very recent past, God let me hear it in a different way...

Be careful little eyes what you see, it's the second glance that ties your hands as darkness pulls the strings.
Be cautious of what you see. One look can cause you to lust. Ec 1:8 says, '... the eye is not satisfied with seeing...' A look at something inappropriate will cause you to want more, and eventually act on those thoughts and feelings.
A thought: Lucifer saw God & desired to be like Him & was cast into hell. Could it be, if he had not looked upon God in that way, (if he was careful about what he saw) would he have been cast into hell?
Look at the right things... have Godly role models and see the things God wants you to see.
Be careful what you see.

Be careful little ears what you hear, when flattery leads to compromise the end is always near.
Choose what you hear... choose not to listen to secular music, a dirty joke, etc. If you let flattery compromise your morals and your values, the end will be near. Listen to the things of God and what's in His Word.
Be careful what you hear.

Be careful little lips what you say, empty words and promises lead broken hearts astray.
Pro. 10:32: 'The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness'. Instead of speaking wickedness: gossip, lies, etc. speak about the things of Jesus. Someone may be at their breaking point... you can be an encouragement by speaking the things of God.
Be carful what you say.

Be careful little feet where you go, for it's the little feet behind you that are sure to follow.
Your feet can take you places you don't need to be... A dark corner with a girl/boy, down a dirty magazine aisle, etc. Be careful where your feet take you. Whether you know it or not, someone is always watching you. Be an example... the example that God wants you to be.
Be careful where you go.

Is. 64:6 says, 'But we are all as an unclean thing, and our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away'.
People do not backslide overnight. People don't crumble in one day... it's a process... a slow fade.
The Bible is in black & white... none of it is a grey area. But when black & white turn to grey, when thoughts invade your mind, and you make choices, a price will be paid when you give yourself away to a slow fade.

Be sure that you're where you need to be in God, because if you think you're standing, you just might be sinking.

Be careful of what you see, hear, speak, and where you go... and DO NOT FADE!!!

J.H.