Who are we to decide?

More thoughts about the book...

The conversation came up about what is good and what is evil?
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Mack was asked "how do you determine whether it is good or evil?" His answer was, "I guess I would say that something is good when I like it-when it makes me feel good or gives me a sense of security. Conversely, I'd call something evil that causes me pain or costs me something I want." I tend to sound justifiably angry when somebody is threatening my 'good' or what I think I deserve. But I'm not really sure I have any logical ground for deciding what is actually good or evil, except how something or someone affects me."
The Holy Spirit responded, "Then it is you who determines good and evil. You become the judge. And to make things more confusing, that which you determine to be good will change over time and circumstance. And then beyond that and even worse, there are billions of you {all of us} each determining what is good and what is evil. So when your good and evil clashes with your neighbor's, fights and arguments ensue and even wars break out." "If there is no reality of good that is absolute, then you have lost any basis for judging. It becomes just a language, and one might as well exchange the word 'good' for the word 'evil'.
Mack said. "I spend most of my time and energy trying to acquire what I have determined to be good, whether it's financial security or health or retirement or whatever. And I spend a huge amount of energy and worry fearing what I've determined to be evil."
The Holy Spirit responded, "This allows you to play God in your independence. That's why a part of you prefers not to see me. And you don't need me at all to create your list of good and evil. But you do need me if you have any desire to stop such an insane lust for independence."
"To fix this, you must give up your right to decide what is good and evil on your own terms, choosing to only live in me. To do that you must know me enough to trust me and learn to rest in my inherent goodness."
"Declaring independence will result in evil because apart from me, you can only draw upon yourself. That is death because you have separated yourself from me: Life."
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So you and I both determine what it means to be good in our life and what it means to be evil. We play God every time we do this, and become more independent (away from God) when we judge things this way. How can we look at stuff of this world, including how people treat us and others, without creating a conclusion of Good/Evil?
The more you are independent the further you are from God and his love.
We live in a world that tells you to take charge of your life, take control of your future, set goals and gather as much "good" as you can.

Here is a question I leave you with.....
How can we live in this world and not become of this world?
If you have a quick answer to this, then you haven't really thought about it!