Locked Doors and an Open Window

The community I live in is very safe. My wife’s father was a police officer and I have had to learn to lock doors. When there is nothing valuable in our vehicles, I do not lock the doors. The other day I made certain I had the truck doors locked because I did have a couple items that would have been disappointing if they were taken. I returned to the truck three hours later to find it still locked, but I had left the passenger window down.

Sometimes, we live our lives like that locked door and open window. We safeguard our lives from bad things in the world and leave a window open that anyone or anything could access. Movies, books and other entertainment is reviewed and limited to wholesome family values, yet the computer is unmonitored.

Your life has open windows everywhere. It includes your thoughts, eyes, and attitudes. Your task is not to lock everything and put blinders on. You are invited to put Jesus on.

Romans 14:12-14
The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.

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