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9/2/2014 5:01 am
Should You Be Easygoing?

Most people would probably feel that it s a compliment to be thought of as an easygoing person, one with a relaxed, placid, tolerant nature. However, there is another side to easygoingness. The Bible says - The easygoingness of the stupid is what will destroy them.
(Proverbs 1:32) What does this mean?

Other Bible versions render the original Hebrew word with such expressions as -careless ease(American Standard Version), smugness(The New American bible), and complacency(The New English Bible). In this sense, easygoingness is linked to laziness and carelessness and thus to stupidity or foolishness.
In the first century, Christians in the congregation in Laodicea were blithely unaware of or complacent about their spiritual deficiencies. They smugly boasted that they -did not need anything at all. Jesus Christ corrected them, calling for a revival of their Christian zeal.(Revelation 3:14-19)

Easygoing complacency was also characteristic of the people in Noahs day. They were preoccupied with the mundane things of life -eating and drinking, men marrying and women being given in marriage...., and they took no note until the flood came and swept them all away.
Jesus then added -So the presence of the of man will be.(Matthew 24:37-39)
Fulfilled Bible prophecies indicate that we are living during -the presence of the of man. May we never become complacent, careless or smug -easygoing in the wrong sense.

Luke 21:29-36 Also, there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth anguish of nations not knowing the way out because of the roaring of the sea(peoples) and its agitation. People will become faint out of fear and expectation of the things coming upon the inhabited earth, for the powers of the heavens(governments) will be shaken. And then they will see the of man coming in a cloud(of witnesses) with power and great glory. But as these things start to occur, stand up straight and lift up your heads, because your deliverance is getting near.
With that he told them an illustration -Notice the fig tree and all the other trees. When they are budding, you see it for yourselves and know that now the summer is near. Likewise also you, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near. Truly I say to you that this generation will by no means pass away until all things happen. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away but pay attention to yourselves that your hearts never become weighed down with overeating and heavy drinking and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day be instantly upon you as a snare. For it will come upon all those dwelling on the face of the whole earth. Keep awake, then, all the time making supplication that you may succeed in escaping all these things that must occur and in standing before the of man.

Sincerely,
Katidid.