Psalm 34:14
14 Depart [cuwr] from evil [ra`], and do [`asah] good [towb]; seek [baqash] peace [shalowm], and pursue [radaph] it. KJV-Interlinear
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Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. ESV
The only way to avoid
evil, is to pursue good with a relentless desire, and that is not an easy thing
to do, because evil has so many distractions and room for compromise and
excuses that ones relentless desire of good can easily be derailed and turned
off course, especially when you believe that you do not need to be taught
anything.
Evil is anything that is
against God or truth, including ones failure to function within the spiritual
life. Good is anything that occurs from
within the fellowship sphere. You have
to know these things before you can adjust to them.
Seek and pursue, are the commands
of God, to each and every believer in Christ.
You have to recognize the
value of something before you typically will want it.
You have to want
something before you will pursue it
You have to want something
really bad before your pursuit will continue without wavering.
And most important, you
have to be taught in order to learn the difference between good and evil.
For without an inner
desire to learn, then your spiritual life will go nowhere.
Peace is the objective of
the spiritual life. It is spiritual
maturity, which is the result of Bible doctrine in the soul, developing an
inner structure of the spiritual life within your soul, resulting in inner happiness
and peace and contentment regardless of ones circumstances.
