"I
beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you
present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which
is your reasonable service.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."
Romans 12:1-2 (NKJV)
Whenever you learn a skill or you are taught to do something, what you learn is based on who was teaching you. But what if you were taught to do something, like driving a car, playing an instrument, or using a computer program, and the way you learned it was not actually the best way to do that thing? Or what if some lessons you learned in the past are now outdated, or you moved to a different city, state, or nation? That could happen, and the result might be that you would have to learn how to do those things differently, you would need to be retrained.
Every day, we are learning, and even relearning, how to do things. As Christians, we are, or should be, in a continual process of being retrained to think, act, and speak the way God wants us to. It is almost impossible not to be influenced in some way by the things of this world, church traditions, family history, or something else that is contrary to God's Word and His will. This is why we must be growing and developing spiritually to retrain ourselves to live the kind of life that God has planned for us, and not live a life based on anything else.
Romans 12:1-2 talks about presenting our bodies to God as a living sacrifice and renewing our mind so that we are not conformed (shaped) like the world. It is easy to think, act, and speak like everyone else, but we need to think, act, and speak according to God's Word. This can only happen as we spend time in God's Word, spend time with God in prayer, follow the Holy Spirit, and get involved in our local church. Retraining ourselves by lining up our thoughts, actions, and words with God and His Word is something that we should always be doing.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."
Romans 12:1-2 (NKJV)
Whenever you learn a skill or you are taught to do something, what you learn is based on who was teaching you. But what if you were taught to do something, like driving a car, playing an instrument, or using a computer program, and the way you learned it was not actually the best way to do that thing? Or what if some lessons you learned in the past are now outdated, or you moved to a different city, state, or nation? That could happen, and the result might be that you would have to learn how to do those things differently, you would need to be retrained.
Every day, we are learning, and even relearning, how to do things. As Christians, we are, or should be, in a continual process of being retrained to think, act, and speak the way God wants us to. It is almost impossible not to be influenced in some way by the things of this world, church traditions, family history, or something else that is contrary to God's Word and His will. This is why we must be growing and developing spiritually to retrain ourselves to live the kind of life that God has planned for us, and not live a life based on anything else.
Romans 12:1-2 talks about presenting our bodies to God as a living sacrifice and renewing our mind so that we are not conformed (shaped) like the world. It is easy to think, act, and speak like everyone else, but we need to think, act, and speak according to God's Word. This can only happen as we spend time in God's Word, spend time with God in prayer, follow the Holy Spirit, and get involved in our local church. Retraining ourselves by lining up our thoughts, actions, and words with God and His Word is something that we should always be doing.
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