I have a saying I use about once a week. I made it up (or, maybe,
stole it.)
“The only fish on the plate are those who took
the bait.”
Time and time again, we take the same “bait” and assume we
will prevail. We don’t. Rather than flourishing, we sink. We are caught!
We trust untrustworthy people. We lack boundaries in
interactions. We try to win arguments with intransigent people. We get
depressed because we cannot change the past. We figure there is a way to
success without work. We want Jesus on retainer (no commitments, please) but
wonder why we don’t experience him in times of trouble. We remarry the “same”
person we divorced. We are tired but “cannot” change a thing; everything is a
priority.
Paul, in the Bible, claims that we become transformed people
when we change our minds. Not just any old change of mind. When we finally stop
trying to be god and submit to God.
How are you doing? Lucky so far? Ready for a change?
Therefore, I urge
you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a
living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper
worship. 2 Do
not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of
your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his
good, pleasing and perfect will. Read the rest here…
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