Wise and Innocent
No matter how obedient we are to the Lord, there is always room for improvement. We must never become complacent, thinking that we are "good enough." If we have that attitude, we will no longer grow in the Lord, and most likely, we will backslide away from Him at some point. Let's strive to know how to reach the perfect will of God for our life. Paul gave us a glimpse of how to do this as he was finishing up his letter to the Christians in Rome. (Romans 16:19) Paul commended them because the report of their obedience had reached everyone. That led him to be rejoicing over them. However, Paul still admonished them to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil. We all need to hear that admonition. Sometimes, we are doing a lot of good things, so we think that we are doing the best we can do. That is not true. We need to be doing the good things that God has for us to do, not just the good things we decide to do. So we need to ask God every day to give us His wis