King David once said, “I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me. A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil,” (Psalm 101.3-4).
I am confronted with a variety of "worthless" opportunities almost every day... conversations guaranteed to go nowhere, business opportunities sounding 'too good to be true,' so-called friends who want to 'invest' my money or waste my time, relationships I instinctively know will lead to sin, most political discussions, almost every television show, a provocative trail of web links and click-bait, one more Oreo cookie, and a whole host of other distractions.
Some of these relationships and activities seem harmless enough... at first. But experience tells me many are homes for creepy things that will “fasten their grip on me.” I must exercise wisdom and avoid them at all costs.
