How do we overcome this disorder of entropy in our lives? Stay with me for a moment and let's take a back-door approach to the problem. Proverbs 29:18 states, “Without a vision the people perish.” The Hebrew word for perish is para which refers to the process of decay. Sound familiar? The word is specifically used to describe perishable food that has become rotten.
Allow me to theorize for a few moments. If you don't have a God-given vision for your life, what happens? You para, you begin the process of decay. The process of entropy begins in your life. The cure? A God-given vision. When we see what God has in store for our lives, we would be so consumed with the glorious purpose He has designed for us, we would not waste our time, energy, or thoughts on sinful, decaying behavior.
Psychology has a term called double-bind. A double-bind is when we are put in a situation where we can't accomplish win For instance, if I tell you to act spontaneously, you cannot do it because you are thinking to yourself to be spontaneous....which of course isn't spontaneous.
What in the world does that have to do with entropy, decay, and vision? We often try to tell ourselves to stop sinning by not sinning. I believe that is an impossible battle to win. The more we try to stop sinning by not sinning, the more we have to try harder to stop sinning by not sinning. And the result is we focus on sin and...sin.
The wise man tells us the secret to stopping the decaying process in our lives is to have a vision. When we have a vision of who God wants us to become, what He wants us to do, and what He wants to do in our our lives, we discover the cure for perishing, decaying, and entropy. I am persuaded that a God-given vision is the only thing that will keep us from the process of decay! Vision is God's preservative.
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