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05.11.09

Following the Herd

And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple
of the living God. As God has said: "I will dwell in them and walk among
them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people." Therefore "Come out
from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is
unclean, and I will receive you. I will be a Father to you, and you shall be
My sons and daughters says the LORD Almighty." - 2 Corinthians 6:16-17.

Mira Loma High seniors celebrated with their prom at the Sacramento Grand
Ballroom. One of the seniors at the prom came up with the idea of trying to
find out how many people can be crammed into an elevator. A chaperone did
hear one of the kids talking about this, and it brought back memories of
trying to do the same with the VW Beetle. They were able to squeeze 24
seniors into the elevator but then someone had the brilliant idea of taking
the elevator up to the next floor. The elevator immediately became stuck
between floors and as one student reported it was hot and hectic, since they
did not know what was going on. One of the girls was claustrophobic but
thankfully no one was injured seriously. It took two hours before
firefighters finally found a way to rescue these teens from their
self-imposed nightmare. I guess that's why they have those load limits
posted on most elevators.

The elevator fiasco was a result of following the herd, everyone else was
doing it, so they got into the elevator too. If there had been room for 50
people on the elevator 26 more would have tried to crowd in. Following the
herd has been a problem for people for as long as their have been people.
The snake tempted Eve and she ate of the forbidden fruit. Eve gave Adam some
of the fruit and he ate of it too, and if there had been a few more people
back then they would probably all have eaten of it even though God had told
them not to do it.

Following the herd is hard to avoid because of the peer pressure. When teens
are at a party and alcohol is available will they drink it or will they not?
When other teens are engaging in immoral behavior will they follow the rest?
When the drugs are passed around will they take them or will they refuse?
When others are cheating on their homework will they take the easy way too?
I think that God would tell those contemplating such things to, "come out
from among them.." Of course, adults have problems with following the herd
too.

How can you avoid the following the herd trap? By deciding ahead of time
that you will not be a part of anything that will dishonor your God. Decide
now that you will not be a part of anything that will endanger the lives of
others or your own. If you wait until the moment that you are confronted
with an immoral choice to make up your mind you will make yourself much more
susceptible to making the wrong choice. Decide now, not later, that you are
going to be God's man or God's woman and that you will make a stand for what
is right no matter what those around you may think. In the long run, you
will never regret doing what is right. So, "come out from among them.."

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