When Scripture warns us to be intentional about our companions (1 Cor 15:33), I believe the Spirit recognizes that as human beings, when we do not set, we slip.
We do not plan to go down the wrong path, but in the absence of a thoughtful decision, we simply drift into the habits of those around us. Unaware of our influences, we are simply carried along by the strongest currents.
Paul told his readers to “Set your minds on things above not on earthly things” (Col 3:2). To set requires a measure of intentional focus and precision in carrying out the action. Watching children carefully ordering game pieces or a interior decorator crafting a room model exactly to scale reveal there is nothing haphazard or flippant about fixing attention toward a goal. Daily actions like setting the dinner table or setting the temperature on the oven require attention to detail. If we become content to just “go with the flow” in such situations that call for order, we run the risk of neglecting attention, causing confusion, and creating dangerous discord.
Our moral lives are no different.
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