Co-dependency is when a person is so connected to another person or group of people that they cannot think on their own, they must have support from the group or their co-dependent partner to exist without guilt or shame.
Group-think is very common in our world today. It is very rare for someone to do their own thinking and even more rare that they want God to impart His wisdom to their hearts.
It takes the courage that only Christ can give to be able to think independently from the group, the community, and the family.
Those who never step out in faith and follow the heart of God will always be stuck in the community standard that reflects everything that is evil in this world. Even if they are not committing "big-bad" sins, they are indulging in self-exaltation to be accepted by those around them.
When we must have the approval of others we will end up not having the approval of God. The only way to have the approval of the community and family is to become just like them, a thought that is repugnant to me since these entities almost never care what God thinks.
1 John 2:15 "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them."
Romans 12:2 "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."
Mark 8:36 "What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?"
The world has nothing to offer us, Christ has everything to offer us. His wisdom is worth more than all the gold in the world.
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