The High Standard

A recent Lesson Sermon told the story of Asa, the king. I was really impressed with his experience. The Bible says he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. The people were worshipping strange gods, and they built altars and high places and images and groves to worship them. Asa came in and tore down the images and cut down the groves. Asa cleared it all out. That doesn’t sound like a gradual transition; it sounds more like a real bold move to clean everything up.

That reminds me of my experience here in the Plainfield Christian Science Church, for which I’m very grateful. There is a reason why we’re independent; because long ago somebody took a real bold move to clean things up, and I must honestly say that it’s been my experience as well. When I first came here, I had a lot of things to get cleaned up, but also I had the tendency to not want to be too bold about it, maybe just be rather tolerant of things that shouldn’t be tolerated. But that’s not what it was like here.

It was a bold move to clean everything up; and I must say that when it happened, I felt one hundred percent better. When things are left undone and left unresolved, tolerated, it weighs on you. It doesn’t do you very much good at all. I am so thankful for those who did take the bold move to make sure everything was cleaned up. God has a very high standard and it’s something that we can hold in our thought and do everything in our effort to strive to walk in that direction. God has a good plan for everyone. I am so thankful for finding the Plainfield Church and its holding on to the high standard and keeping it pure.