I’ve always been pretty flexible. When life throws a curve ball, I don’t get too worked up over it. When circumstances or a situation calls for a change of plans, I don’t start to sweat. When someone else really wants to have their way, I usually can acquiesce.
Romans 12:18 NASB If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.
Flexibility can be a great asset when it comes to relationships, but we can take it a step too far also. This acceptance, willingness to bend another’s direction, ability to be ‘change-able,’ has its limits. Christianity in many ways is a rigid religion, not able to afford itself to the flexibility that non-Christians willingly embrace. Take the New Age Movement. This movement basically says that it’s ok for everyone to discern, develop and define their own path of spirituality; that no one has the ability or right to claim an absolute ‘truth’ and so therefore, truth is found within the individual.
This is where it gets a little sticky for the Christian. You see, at first glance, the idea of ‘COEXIST’ that we see plastered on so many license plates – religious tolerance, inter-religious unity, the flexibility to accept everyone just as they are – seems to be a kind and generous path to peace in our world. But the Christian knows that there is an absolute Truth, His name is Jesus. We cannot be flexible on this. We ...
