You can't run away!
This side of heaven, we Christians are pilgrims — but not aimless ones. As runaway slaves looked to the night sky and followed the drinking gourd, so we look to Jesus , our true north, and travel toward him on our journey home. And this is vital, though often overlooked, in our war against sin. The idea of fleeing immorality is certainly a biblical one. Joseph fled the advances of another man’s wife, and the apostle encouraged his protégé, “Flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart” ( 2 Timothy 2:22). But as Christians, our retreating from sin is not a retreating from war. Our flight from sin is as purposeful as it is active — like Tolkien’s depiction of Helm’s Deep in The Two Towers . An impregnable fortress stood in a large valley in the northwest of the White Mountains . It became salvation for the army of Rohan and all who would dwell within its walls. Orc hordes spread destru