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| “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer 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.” |
| —Romans 12:1-2 |
Each time another day begins, we have a new opportunity to choose to live like Jesus would have us live. We can decide to lay aside our devotion to Christ. Or, we can decide to do our very best to speak, think, and act as Jesus would speak, think, and act.
By choosing to conform to the life of Jesus, we give up our natural human bent toward tightly molding our lives to the world of sin and darkness. Following the light of Christ dispels the hold that sin has over us. We walk in the light, as Jesus is in the light. We put darkness behind us and move confidently into a new way of living.
Notice the words the Apostle Paul wrote in the familiar passage of Scripture found in Romans 12:1-2:
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer 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.
God waits patiently to renew our minds. He longs to renew our minds. He wants to renew our minds. So, at the beginning of this new day, we should welcome Him and invite Him to renew our minds. We can allow the mind of Jesus to become our way of speaking, thinking, and acting. And, that is the very best way to live.
