Organic People

When we add stuff that doesn’t belong we make things taste different. For example, have you ever noticed how pure spring water tastes softer than chemically treated city water? And have you noticed how organic foods taste better than processed foods? They all look the same, but as soon as you take a bite, the flavor tells a different tale.

The same is true of humans as well. When we add things that do not belong in the human heart, it becomes hard. You can’t always tell from the outside what is in the inside – some have the appearance of goodness - but as soon as you spend time in their company, the truth becomes evident. People who follow God sound softer and their thoughts are purer. Sin makes people hard, unyielding, unforgiving, and unloving. But the good news is that we don’t have to be that way. We can become “organic” people by refusing to add stuff that doesn’t belong in us, such as, “adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like”(Gal 5:19-21, NKJV). Instead, “organic” people exhibit “love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, [and] self-control” (Gal 5:22-23 NKJV). Just imagine a world where everything was organic, from plants to people! That would be a world just the way God intended it to be from the beginning.