An Insulated Life

God is good. We have heard it so many times that we probable do not pay much attention to what is being said. But it is an amazing fact that God is good. In fact let me tell you how good he is for us. In John 17:15 Jesus said something awesome. He said "I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one." Notice that Jesus said we should not be taken out of the world but that we would be kept from the evil one.

Now the word for "evil one" simple means "the one who personifies evil" or literally it speaks of "one who is evil". So literally we are being kept from the evil one by the Word that Jesus has spoken to us. His Word is all we need to stay healthy from the evil one and keeps us from living a lifestyle of sin. We also are not taken out of the world until Jesus returns. He has never wanted us to be out of the world just not influenced by the world. In other words we can live in the world but not be part of the world as far as thoughts, beliefs, and actions.

This concept could be called the "Insulated Theory", not to be confused with the "Isolated Theory". We are insulated from the world but not isolated from the world. In other words Jesus wants us to be in the world going full throttle for Him. He wants us to be the ones who determine the influences and become the trend-setters. He never called us to a life of being influenced by the world so that the church would be a conformed church. No! He empowered us with His Word and that causes us to be isolated and then we are empowered with His Holy Spirit so that we do not have to be isolated. We can be in the world and influencing it for Jesus. We are insulated from evil and, if I can get this into my thinking, I can live victorious, knowing that the evil influence of this world or the evil one of this world is not effecting me because I am insulated by His Word.