….unless you are
converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom
of heaven. —Matthew 18:3
{CHAMBERS} “The
response of the natural to the spiritual should be continuous conversion, but
this is where we so often refuse to be obedient. […] But we must “put on the
new man…” (Ephesians 4:24). […] Our natural life must not rule— God must rule
in us. To refuse to be continuously converted puts a stumbling block in the
growth of our spiritual life. There are areas of self-will in our lives where
our pride pours contempt on the throne of God and says, “I won’t submit.” We
deify our independence and self-will and call them by the wrong name. What God
sees as stubborn weakness, we call strength. There are whole areas of our lives
that have not yet been brought into submission, and this can only be done by
this continuous conversion. Slowly but surely we can claim the whole territory
for the Spirit of God.”
{ELGIN} Do you struggle
with your old nature? Or are you satisfied with how far you have traveled on you spiritual
journey and decided that the last stop over was good enough. The things you do that don’t honor God are
really not all that bad. There are “tons”
of other Christians who think so too.
The thing is, it really doesn’t matter what we think, does it? God has
called us out to be like His Son. All of
us fall way short of that mark. God
would not have made it the goal if He had not made the goal possible to
achieve. Certainly we will not realize
the goal until we are with Him, but in the meantime, we are to strive toward
the goal (Philippians 3:14), live a
life that glorifies God and not man (1
Corinthians 6:19-20), and let our light shine wherever we go. (Matthew 5:16) Looking for a New Year’s resolution. How is that for one?
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