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#GeraldsDevotional
Mob Mentality – Commonality and Danger

When the Lord woke me up this morning, He had this theme on my heart of mob mentality and the way of the world. After I thought about it for a bit, it occurred to me that this is a continuation of yesterday about our focus. Mob mentality is when we give over ourselves to be

motivated by the things that are going on around us. As humans with natural feelings and psychological needs, we all want to be accepted by others. We have a deep-seeded need to fit in and to conform. This is built into our DNA.

The problem is that we give this motivation over

to what we see around us. The patterns to which we give our primary focus are the patterns that draw us to conform to them so that we will be accepted. If those patterns that we see are those of the world system, then we will long to be like the world and take steps to conform to

it (to be accepted). The world system will gladly encourage and accept us. But the things that this age has to offer us are only temporary and while they look good on the surface, they actually lead to slavery and ultimately to death.

This story has ALWAYS been true. It is the

very same story that was played out in Genesis 3 when Satan (the ruler of this world) convinced the man and the woman to take their focus off of God and to look at something of this world that was desirable to look at, but led to slavery (to sin) and ultimately to death.

This very same story is still being played out in the world in modern times today where people still try to lure others into slavery by offering them things that look pleasing to the eye (free stuff) but ultimately will lead to slavery and death. Just as it was in Genesis, the

choices and consequences have never changed. Mob mentality has always been very popular among many and has always led to calamity and disaster. Note that Jesus also warned us that this mentality is also a very real danger in the church (being motivated by the mob mentality).

The overall scripture that the Lord led me to for this mob devotional is the three verses from 1 John 2 included below. This is a great bit of spiritual breakfast nutrition to start the day. But if you have a chance today, I highly recommend you read the entire chapter. It speaks

so very loudly to us all today.

15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our

achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever. - 1 John 2:15-17
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