Discernment

14But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. Hebrews 5:14
In reading Hebrew 5 this morning this stood out to me. We have a spiritual problem in this country. Are we still able to discern good from evil? When we see the mobs on Facebook on both sides I begin to wonder. So I am writing this, so I must be mature? I wonder? 2 Chronicles 7:14 is telling Christians like me to turn from our wicked ways. I am on one side of this political battle which is actually a spiritual battle and thee are ministers of the gospel that are vocal on the other side. I read my Bible every day, I pray, and I ask God to help me. Don't these Pastors do the same?
Look up deception or being deceived, you can even google it and you will be overloaded with scripture to tell us to be careful. And you will find warnings about pastors and teachers. I fit into that category because even though I do this practice to feed myself I post this for all the world to see. Do you believe what I write because I write it and perhaps I seem spiritual? SO are these Pastors and teachers on the other side. Does the fruit off of our tree match what we say?  Do we pick and choose which scriptures we choose to obey and discount others? Notice the word constant practice, that is what I try to do every day, make this a constant practice. Which of us is wrong? I want to be so careful with my words. Anger does not produce the righteousness of God. Do you have any idea how angry I am at things that are posted on Facebook? On top of that, someone was angry and called me a hypocrite because I posted pray for 45 and on my Facebook cover page I show 1 Timothy 2:1-2.  It is a scary world we live in. Pastor friends have Black Lives Matter on their profile picture and post inflammatory articles. I posted negative stuff about Joe Biden and here we go with a war of words. It seems to me that turn from your wicked ways is more relevant than ever. Are we really discerning good from evil or are we part of the problem and are the ones that are calling evil good and good evil? Don't think because I write this I think I am exempt, This word is for me to check myself and if you are reading this, you may need to look in the mirror also. Civil authority is meant for our good, the President, and on down the line to the policemen that are being attacked in our current time.  There is a major spiritual battle going on in our country today. Am I on the side that is promoting good works or am I on the side that is working to destroy? When I see what is happening in our world today it is so easy to become angry, but am I trying to distinguish good from evil? Am I trying to use discernment? I think many times the anger clouds our judgment and I wonder if we are seeing clearly. When Christians should be uniting in prayer and building a bridge across the divide in our country we seem to become part of the problem. I hope I write this in accordance with one finger pointing outward and three pointing back at me. Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight O Lord. I looked at my hand just now as I made a pointing finger, and noticed the thumb was pointing upward. Am I looking upward? Are there three fingers pointing back at me? God help me to look at my own wicked ways. God bless, LVZ.