Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Luke chapter 11 verses 24 through 26:
24 ‘When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting-place, but not finding any, it says, “I will return to my house from which I came.” 25When it comes, it finds it swept and put in order. 26Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and live there; and the last state of that person is worse than the first.’
Any landlord can tell you there is no worse thing in the world than an empty-sitting house. It attracts all manner of vandalism and problems; and before long no tenants can well be worse than merely bad ones.
This is a spiritual principle played out in all manner of realms.
The open seat of a deposed dictator brings can bring the chaos of seven spirits all vying for power.
A newly-sober person who has quit their substance of choice, but is not also in a recovery group has left the front door wide open.
Religion which is solely at war with others but never brings peace inside ends in doing far more harm than good.
It is not enough to cast out the demon. The void left by the demon must also be filled. For an empty house is not a safe or peaceful house. And neither is an empty person.
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