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| 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. |
| —Romands 12:2 |
Our society in the United States has become increasingly one that requires people to conform to norms dictated by those who believe they control everything. For the most part, this has become the exclusive domain of those who think in so-called “progressive” ways. Of course, progressivism actually represents political, social, even spiritual contexts that move ever more deeply into a society that would follow the dictates of Karl Marx and his cohorts.
While few seem willing to declare it openly, through progressive teaching in our education system, including institutions of higher learning, young people get a strong push towards Communism and the unified state-control of all aspects of life. A majority of people, especially young people, miss the fact that this push destroys every aspect of the freedom on which our national foundation rests. Instead of offering a “progressive”—that is, a forward, ever-improving direction—this philosophy will doom our freedoms to obliteration.
In contrast to this social, political, and spiritual push within our society to conform, we find the Scripture verse quoted at the beginning of this blog post. This verse follows another very crucial instruction from the Apostle Paul that I will share in a later blog post this month. For now, let’s examine what this verse from Romans 12:2 instructs.
The teaching from the Apostle seems quite clear:
- Stop doing what you have been doing!
- Do not conform to the pattern of this world.
- Become transformed by the renewing of your mind.
- As a result, you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is for your life.
- Once you do this, you will discover that God’s will is good, pleasing, and perfect.
As you can clearly see, this teaching of the Apostle Paul completely destroys the direction in which our current society has chosen to move toward. In place of every aspect of our lives controlled by a centralized federal government, God intends for us to make full use of the freedoms that He has given us and to surrender our selfish and flawed human will to His divine and perfect will. He wants us to give ourselves wholeheartedly to Him.
As we begin a new day, let’s not lose sight of the fact that God has given us the freedom to choose this day whom we will serve. I have no idea what pathway you will choose. But, as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, and Him only.
