"And
be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your
mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of
God."
Romans
12:2
The most powerful thing that you
have within you is your mind… No man can take away your ability to think, your ability to
decipher and your ability to conclude… The foundation of our being is founded
on two building blocks which is your heart and your mind… The two pieces which are
vital in the formation of who we are cannot be overlooked nor left unguarded if
we want to really come to know the plan and will of God for our lives… The bible tells us countless times about
the importance of guarding our heart and today we are reminded about the
importance of obtaining a different outlook on life in order to achieve different
results and ascend to different levels… It is in the book of James that the
word of God describes the tongue as being an unruly evil; if one takes hold of
this, we can then come to the conclusion of how important our mind is as we
know that the things which come from your mouth reside within and have to pass
through the avenues of your mind… From your very birth the enemy has had you
mind filled will clutter to the point that you begin to think that you need
things which you don’t and you must appear one way in society instead of
walking in the beauty that God created you in… This is why we have teenage girls
and even kids altering their appearance with their clothes and or becoming
pregnant at an early age… This is why our young men of today walk the streets without
a moral compass and find themselves falling victim to the same fortunes of
others and end up being a statistic… You have to alter your path and this can
only be done by altering your mind… This why today’s focus verse starts off by
saying, "And be not conformed to this world…” You cannot be of this world and expect to get a different result
in your life… The same fate that has reared it’s ugly had in the life of a
young man being removed from this earth to soon or a childhood being stolen
from a early parent is the same fate that will hit your doorstep in your very
lives or the lives of those you care about most if you way of thinking is not
altered… God is ready to bless, He is ready to open up and fill your life with abundance;
however, just like the rich you ruler we must be willing to give up the things
of this earth and follow Christ… This is the transformation that has to take
place and is exactly what we are studying today… You cannot go anywhere in life until you realize and understand where
you are now… This is the message the Paul writes to the Church of Rome as
well as the body of believers in today’s society… As we all know, we are born
into this world as sinners; however, we must know and understand that in order
to become the children that God has indeed called us to be… Paul is writing to
a church surrounded by temptations, Rome
When you
conform to something you give in, accept it or observe the rules that are
already in place… The rules that are already in place right now today in this
world will lead us to hell; the standards of our current society have kids
having kids and the average lifetime span decreasing every moment… We must desire more, we must desire a
better tomorrow, and we must turn our focus toward God and not toward the
“quick fix” or monetary gain… If you have every watched the movie
transformers, you know that action centers around the transformation of these
figures from mere common objects to mean, intense fighting machines… This is a
good reference to you for this message that Paul is trying to convey because we
must transform if we want to become all that God has intended us to become… The
autobots and decepticons conformed to this world by taking on the appearance of
things around them… For far too long we have been conforming ourselves to this
world, we have tried to fit in with certain clicks, we have tried to keep the
status quo and we have tried to portray ourselves to be something that we
aren’t… By conforming you sell yourself short, you open up the door to
misguided hope and misplaced trust and in the end you find yourself regretting
what you have done…We are called to be different, you have been set aside for a
specific purpose and you have the ability to be more than anyone could have
ever thought or even imagined… The only way for you to realize your true
potential is to change the way in which you think… Your thoughts must not be
about what people might say about you, but rather what God desires for you… Your thoughts can’t be about how hard the
journey will be, but that this is the right course for you to take… This is
indeed a battle that rages within us daily, we have the enemy trying to get us
to conform on one hand and the Lord trying to open our eyes to see what great
things we have in store… Make no mistake about it; we can see that God’s way is
the right way; however, it isn’t always going to appear to be the easiest way…
The challenge of a Christian is not accepting Christ, but abiding in His love
and will… Paul says that we are not to conform but to transform... God doesn’t
desire for average, He doesn’t want to see you cry and He doesn’t want to see
you on the verge of a breakdown… The hill that lies before us is to be
transformed… We must get the junk out of our thoughts; we must get the worldly
desires out of our minds and be transformed… To be transformed means to be
altered, changed or empowered… God wants to empower you, He wants to alter your
way of thinking and change your outlook on life… All this starts in the
thoughts that you have and the actions that you observe… The longer we meditate
on things the more likely they are to become reality… A child of God must
meditate on the Lord day and night; we must pray without ceasing and be
immersed in His word… The devil only needs one opening to spin your life out of
control and it is only through your thoughts that he can obtain this victory…
Don’t give in to fitting in, don’t accept the status quo, learn to rely on the
Lord, and learn to lean not to your own understanding… Acknowledge the Lord,
trust His word and know that He will prove you to be acceptable… When Christ returns you will be raise
incorruptible, the devil won’t be able to touch you; you will be invisible and
spend eternity with the Lord…
BE BLESSED!!!
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