In Tune With God

On the drive back home this past Sunday night I was listening to a radio station that I found in Kansas City called K-Love, a Christian radio station. As I was driving down the highway, the station started to fade out slowly and in its place a hard rock station of some sort. The stations kept fading back and forth as I traveled, for some reason it popped into my mind that it was symbolism for the fight between good and evil. I know it is just a radio station, but the Christian music would fade to horrible heavy metal and back again. I don't think I could have found a better metaphor. I took this with a grain of salt as I continued to drive until I came upon a billboard that said: "XXX Nude Girls". A rather offensive billboard, evil and sin is represented by it. I started to see more of them as the drive went on, then a billboard for a church, then one for the Humane Society. A reoccurring theme was presented of good and evil bombarding me as I went on my way. Aside from the blatant instances of good vs. evil in our lives, there are so many subtle ones that we unintentionally filter out everyday. Violence, cursing, lust, greed, envy; all these things are forms of sin. Our minds learn to block these things out around us. Does this mean we are turning a blind eye to sin, or just accepting that we don't have the power to change everything around us? What does God think of this 'filtering' process we do?

Psalm 27:13 says:
I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!

I think this tells us that we should focus on Gods works in this world, not take them for granted. As far as the bad things surrounding us; I have talked to other people on this topic and have heard consistently that the only thing we can truly change is ourselves. Just because we are in this world does not mean that we are of this world or have the power to change all the things around us. We may filter out those bad things because we cant change them, but we can change ourselves and not contribute to those things. God does not expect us to fix everything, that is his job, however he does not want us to create more things to fix. Do not contribute to sin or Gods laundry list of things that need to be "fixed". Instead learn to set an example of Him through our actions, hopefully this will rub off on others along the way.