“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Romans 12:2 NIV
We demonstrate our commitment by refusing to conform to this world by being transformed through renewed minds. When we give ourselves to God it is reflected in how we live. Believers live in the secular world without being trapped by it and moulded by it. We live as holy people. People who are distinct, separated from the ways and the wiles of this world. We live as non-conformist people; people who are not chameleons, that is, people who do not take their being and likeness from their surroundings. We live as transformed people; people who have been changed on the inside. Worshiping people are changed people. It is reflected in their walk, their talk, and their personality. When we give ourselves to God, we live a life that is not self-centred but Christ-centred. The world seeks to pressure our mind from without, but one who has given themselves wholeheartedly to God allows God’s Spirit to release His power from within. This happens when Christ comes into our lives. We become a new person; our mind is different, for the mind of Christ is in us through the indwelling power and ministry of the Holy Spirit. Rather than allowing the world to squeeze us into its mould, we allow Christ to shape us into His likeness. Worship is a moulding process. We are to be to Christ as an image is to the original. For example, we don’t go around trying to do right things; we become the right sort of person.
PRAYER THOUGHT
Holy Spirit, transform my life through the renewal of my mind.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Lord Jesus, rather than allowing the world to squeeze us into its mould, shape us into Your likeness, through the Holy Spirit working in and through us. AMEN
I.B.R.A. Readings
Romans 14:13-21
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