"Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead, I pursue, as my goal the prize promised by God's heavenly call in Christ Jesus"
There is so much about this verse that is great. It means a lot to me that I have this written on the very front of my bible, given to me by Coach Josh Dowdy. This verse, to me means that no matter what trials we go through, we must forget about the past, and reach to our goals, whether that be in sports, in spirit, in family, in academics, or anything else that we love to do. I also love the fact that this verse is so versatile that we can use it to describe what we do. It says somewhere in the bible, that I can't remember, because I don't have THAT good of a memory, that we need to do things to the best of our ability. This glorfies God, and shows others that we live life for Him, and not for our own pleasure. The goal mentioned in the verse, I think may be the words we all long to hear from our Lord when our flesh gives out. I just think it's crazy that God loves us so much, that the calling for His only son, was to die for us. Think about this, I want your feedback
"Do not conform to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God"
I believe this verse is pretty self-explanatory, but I think that a little insight may help people to understand it from a different point of view. This verse, to me, means that we are going to be different from the world, because we have Christ behind the wheel of our lives. We are letting him drive us down this road we call life, and because of that, we are going to be hated, we are going to be persecuted, and we are going to be rejected. All because we are Christians, and we are not going along with the world's wants. I won't be the first to say, that I have heard many bad things that people say about God, and Jesus. The thing is, the things that the people say, aren't right, because one thing that I am really starting to believe, is that the Bible is the whole truth. The bible has the 7 (or something like that) "I AM" statements, which tell us exactly who Jesus is. When we fully believe that Jesus is what He says He is, we will no longer want to conform to the wants of the world, but rather become one of our own, and be led down our own path by the Lord and Savior, Jesus. The renewing of our mind is just when we accept Him as our savior, then our minds are totally rearranged to God's fitting. All of a sudden, we are unaware of the past afflictions that we have had, but we are more intent on keeping that feeling we get in our hearts, that we have reached our goal, because the Kingdom of God doesn't start when we die, it starts...... Right Now for some. We are living in the Kingdom of God, and we have to make sure that we do all that we can to glorify Him. All we do glorifies Him. It doesn't matter whether we are drinking, smoking, or reading our bibles, we are glorifying God, even though it may be in a negative way. All I can say is, make sure that you know that we aren't part of the circus. We don't have to perform for God. God loves you and I just as much as he loves everyone else on earth. Our greatest deeds, are like filthy rags to Him. When we try to earn His Grace, we only fail, because no matter how hard we try, we will always fall short of the glory of God.
This is all I have for you tonight. I hope that you enjoy your day, and that you will find a few ways to glorify the Lord today!
"A bend in the road is not the end of the road.......Unless you fail to make the turn." - Unknown
Great post! Interesting way of putting it that we are always sometimes unconsiously glorifying Him. Makes you think about what you're doing a little more, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteLove the quote... you takin' over my thing now? :) jk
Haha, yea actually. I liked it. The quote I found while searching for another one, but I'll get that one there sometime soon
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