During the month of January, I have been wrestling with how my relationship with Jesus Christ affects how I see the world. I have found that as long as I am focusing on Christ it makes a difference. However, when I simply allow myself to let it happen, my mind wanders.
I seem to have a tendency to compartmentalize Jesus. Every now and then, I get out my Jesus glasses and use them to view and respond to the world in which I live in.
However, Paul in Galatians 3:27 calls us to “put on Christ” (KJV). In other words Christ is more than just the glasses through which we view this world. Christ is more than a 'worldview.'
The goal is to allow my relationship with Jesus Christ to change me. As I daily walk with God, that relationship does change who I am. A transformation begins to take place and continues as I become the person that He created us to be. In that I experience the fullness of life that He has planned for us.
When will that transition be finalized? When will I become it? Each world pulls on me everyday. I guess I should not worry to much, struggle is good. It is when I don't struggle that I need to worry.
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I think what you are saying is something I summed up a while back when I said, "I believe that most folks spend so much time worrin' about the Here and Now that they don’t spend any time thinkin' about the Then and There,,,, until Then and There becomes Here and Now."
If we let the Here and Now (Urgent) direct our life without our deliberate intervention, we will stray from the Godly path we say that we desire to walk. This is why Heb.4:12 is my favorite scripture. If we allow the Word of God to divide our spirit from our soul, then feed that spirit to be strong enough to control our soulish nature, we MAY eventually be able to walk in the Spirit each day.
You sure know how to ruin a bad attitude! Good introspection. Keep up the good work.
What a great way of explaining that we are continually being made in God's image! Thanks for the sharing that insight.
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