We cannot close our eyes to the world we live in, and you cannot drive down the road without coming in contact with vanity of one form or another.
On a drive to the supermarket, you may have to encounter:
- sinful billboards
- covetousness over the nicer cars
- road rage
- immodest joggers
just to name a few, and I'm sure you can name many more. The point being, we cannot stay in our homes (as if the dangers are any less) or we cannot drive with our eyes closed, or at least we couldn't drive for very LONG with our eyes closed.
We must, by God's power, be vigilant in turning from sin and temptation and seeing sin for what it is. I like what Albert Barnes said on this verse:
"An ugly object loses much of its deformity when we look often upon it; and this is a benevolent law, lest we should be miserable when we are under a necessity of looking on it. Sin follows this general law, and is to be avoided altogether, even in its contemplation, if we would be safe. A man should be thankful in this world that he has eyelids; and as he can close his eyes, so he should often do it."
When we see such things on the highway (or any place for that matter), we should turn away from the sin, and our hearts should break for the sinners and desire they turn (repent) too. Instead of indulging the flesh in sin, we should weep for the lost. Instead of becoming hermits, we should preach the gospel. We must not indulge the flesh and we must turn our eyes from sin but be careful all the while, not to close our eyes to the sinner who needs Christ.
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