A PURPOSEFUL AND DEDICATED LIFE

ROMANS 12.2

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

12:21 PM

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.

Romans 12.2

 

The simple act of choosing to spend time in the presence of Jesus Christ will open the doors of His love to begin to direct and redirect our lives into the ways of peace, joy, and love, with wisdom, power, healing, growth and development in the ways of eternal life.

 

Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God--

this is your true and proper worship.

Ro.12.1

 

In the place you choose, Jesus will show you the life He wants you to live in His eternal kingdom.

 

You will recognize His purposes as being good, pleasing, and perfectly satisfying in increasing ways for the coming ages.

 

Time with Jesus will give you two very clear, easy things:

 

1. A Goal for every time you are with Him.
2. The Method of reaching those goals.

 

With a goal and a method, He will give you the motivation, wisdom, and ability to reachHis eternal goals.

 

As you invest time and thought for God-related goals taking place, you will find your daily life, relationships and responsibilities taking on more and more satisfaction ("good, pleasing, and perfect,"  "goodness and  mercy every day"--Ps 23.6).

 

The Goal of Jesus in your time with Him is simple:  to show you how He sees your life developing and how He sees it could be from His point of view.

The short version is stated in the verse:

 

"renewing your mind and experiencing God's will

as good, pleasing , and perfect'

Romans 12.2
 

 

The Method by which this happens simply enough, too.

 

1. You tell Him honestly what you are thinking about any experience you are going through.
2. Read Scripture so the Holy Spirit can select verses that will help you see things from God's standpoint.

 

The evidence of the benefits of a high priority of seeking "the kingdom of God and His righteousness" is found in a list of numerous life-giving qualities later in this chapter--vv.9-21.

 

These qualities will be considered in a later blog.

 

Meanwhile, take some time to let the Holy Spirit make a positive difference in your body, soul, and spirit today.

 

"…offer your bodies as a living sacrifice…

to be transformed

by God's good, pleasing, and perfect will."