How can I keep from adapting to those things I shouldn’t, but want to? - Adapt/adaptable - TouchPoints

Ephesians 4:14-15Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.

John 10:2-5, 14But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. [3] The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. [4] After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice. [5] They won't follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don't know his voice." [14] "I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me,

Our focus should be on becoming more like Christ, adapting to what he wants for us, not what we want for ourselves. As we study and meditate on God’s Word, seek him in prayer, and learn to listen to the Holy Spirit’s prompting, we grow more familiar with our Good Shepherd. This familiarity teaches us to recognize his voice and discern what is true, for all truth comes from him..

Proverbs 22:24-25Don’t befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people, or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul.

1 Corinthians 15:33Don't be fooled by those who say such things, for "bad company corrupts good character."

We should be aware of the company we keep and the influence others can have on us.

Zechariah 1:4Don’t be like your ancestors who would not listen or pay attention when the earlier prophets said to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Turn from your evil ways, and stop all your evil practices.’

Jonah 2:1-2, 10Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the fish. [2] He said, "I cried out to the LORD in my great trouble, and he answered me. I called to you from the land of the dead, and LORD, you heard me! [10] Then the LORD ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.

Philippians 1:6And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

Even if we have made wrong turns in the past, God still desires a relationship with us today. He will set our feet on the right path and help us to adapt to that which is right and good.