"'I have the right to do anything,' you say--but not everything is beneficial. 'I have the right to do anything,'--but I will not be mastered by anything." 1 Corinthians 6:12 (NIV)
As a mama of small children, I was careful about what I let them eat, drink, watch, and listen to. Often I was asked, "What's so bad about it?" I started telling people that was the wrong question. "These are my precious babies," I said. "What's so good about this food, this drink, this music, this book, this movie, that I should put it into their bodies or their minds?"
Yes, marijuana is legal in some states. Slavery was legal in many times and places throughout history. Legal is not synonymous with moral, ethical, right, or good. Smoking might be legal, but is that the greatest investment for your time, money, body, and mind? Maybe the show you're watching isn't that bad. Is that all the higher your standards go?
"'I have the right to do anything,' you say--but not everything is beneficial. 'I have the right to do anything,'--but not everything is constructive. No one should seek their own good, but the good of others." 1 Corinthians 10:23-24 (NIV)
Next time it crosses your mind that whatever you're involved in isn't that bad, up your game. If it doesn't glorify God, trade it for something that does.
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