03Oct16

1 Timothy 6:20 ESV
O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge,"

The last two days I have had a stanza from Lewis Carol's poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" running through my head.

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."

The poem follows a Walrus and Carpenter as they convince a group of oysters to come to their restaurant through smooth talk and temptation only to shuck and devour them. But, the stanza that has been on my mind is all about the "irreverent babble" and inconsequential talk that the walrus uses to distract the oysters from what is happening to them. If you are not focused on asking the right questions, seeking the true source of knowledge, or living a righteous life, then you will be led by the walruses of this world and all their distracting banter right into the waiting maw of death with nothing to show for it. Be careful who you are listening to and how much credence you give to those influences. Are you talking about shoes, and ships, and sealing wax; when you should be talking about God? Are you more passionate about a passing fad or news bite then you are about the eternal?