Draw a Line

So often we are told to be tolerant and accepting. We just need to love people. Above all, we should avoid offending anyone, even at the cost of our core beliefs. Is that biblical? How do we tell the difference between love and compromise? Where do we draw the line?

Compromise: The Cause and The Cure

2 Chronicles 12:14New American Standard Bible (NASB)

¹⁴ He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.

We can draw a lot from this one verse. First we see the obvious: he (Rehoboam) did what was wrong because he didn’t seek God. The Amplified says that he didn’t seek to yearn for God. He didn’t determine to make seeking God first priority in his life. It’s not that he was planning to turn from God, or even that he didn’t follow God at all, but he wasn’t diligent or passionate, resolved to only seek after God and to place that first in his life. If you set your heart to seek God you are not only trying to seek God, but making that your heart’s desire. It is so much more than “trying to be good” or just doing your best to follow God.