Until I became a christian, ten years ago or so, the terms “liberal” or being “open minded” greatly appealed to me. Those terms sounded the clarion call to freedom, and so I lived that mindset. I believed that as long as I didn’t hurt anyone else, my actions were justified.

Leaving the nest at 19 yrs. old, I jumped into and wallowed in the pleasures, philosophies, spiritualism, and religions of the world. I was open to practically anything; and so, either any and everything came to me; or I pursued it. Naturally sin was involved, but I then didn’t recognize it as such. And even if I had, that would’ve only invigorated me. I was having a blast! I knew cool people and I was one of them.

But then, some 25 yrs. later, unknowingly nearing conversion, I realized that I was floating in meaninglessness; frequently compromising with the few beliefs I held. It bothered me that I was unprincipled; that I was in a free-fall, and didn’t have any convictions to hold onto.

Finally it dawned on me that I was in that position because I had offered my mind to a broad spectrum of influences in order to be a hip, open minded, liberal.  I didn’t believe in anything; for I was for everything.

Now, by the grace of God, I am honored to be called a narrow minded fellow. It feels so good to be convicted of written and experienced truths that come from the Lord. To stand on and lean against such weighty matters is developing within me a character that is conforming to the mind of the Christ.

It is necessary to be narrow minded; to be enclosed with the things of God. After all, the things of God give direction, encouragement, freedom, eternal life, and His enabling grace to be able to both say no to sin and to do what is right in His sight and that of man’s.

Being narrow minded and uncompromising with God’s revelation of the ways of true reality – as opposed to the ways of this fallen world’s aberration of reality – will help all in Jesus be over-comers. After all,  the road is  narrow that leads through the narrow gate of salvation; that road and gate being Christ Jesus—the Way, the Truth, the Life.