Be careful what and who you're coupled too
2 Corinthians 6:14-15 (NIV)
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
Here we see a warning concerning certain associations in our lives. It is not a call to remove yourself from the world or the people in your world who don't yet know Jesus; rather it is a warning concerning who you link your life to in partnership and covenant-type relationships.
Our lives are often just like train carriages – we have the choice who we couple (join) them to. As with a train carriage you need to have wisdom concerning the coupling of relationships because the reality can so often be where they go so do you, especially if they have more steam or drive than you do! This, of course, is great news if the trains and carriages (relationships) you have coupled yourself to are heading for godly, pleasant places, but not so good if they are heading for certain derailment or a very serious crash.
Make sure the people and relationships your life is joined to are going in God's direction. This will certainly produce a great harmony in the journey of your life. Imagine if two train carriages wanted to go in very different directions – this would cause a continual strain and stress between the two carriages. So it is when one life in a relationship wants to live God's way and the other does not – why bring that strain into your world when you do not need to? Couple (join) your life together with people that want to go in the same direction (after God).
As I said at the start, this is not a warning or call to separate yourself from unsaved people – far from it. If you did, what hope would they have of finding or experiencing Christ? But it is a warning concerning those closer, daily-walk relationships we all have including such relationships as future marriages, business partnerships and those closer-to-heart friendships (those where the person's words can affect your decisions and choices).
Be careful who you join (couple) your life to – ask the question, "Do you want to go where they are going?".
(note: This thought is by no means meant to make anyone who is currently in a marriage where one is saved and the other not feel condemned in anyway; may God's grace bring that unsaved party to full salvation. But it is a strong warning to those who are choosing future partners to make sure you have God in common)
God bless,
Andy
