Collateral Damage

"There will always be collateral damage in the fight [War] between Good and Evil", Rev. Stover said in this morning's Mens Bible Study (reflecting on 1 Peter 2: 11-25).   In my bible, the headline on this section was - Live Godly lives in a Pagan society.   Naturally I keyed in on this headline since my personal mission statement (revealed at a Vistage meeting) was:

What did the passage say about how to live a Godly life?   Maybe this passage would reveal the guiding principles to clarify my mission statement.


I discovered that leaving the word good crossed out - was pretty close:   (v12)"live good lives" ...."good deeds";  (v15) "by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people"; (v16)  "live as free people"; (v17) "show proper respect to everyone";

And what did Greg Stover mean by collateral damage in the fight [War] between good and evil?  That is addressed in the first passage  (verse 11) "abstain from sinful desires, which wage WAR against your soul". 

The battle is within you - and within your control.  Collateral damage is the disharmony you create in others when you veer from the guiding principles and miss the mark of your mission.