We are to live a surrendered life and focus only what is important to FATHER, not what the world wants us to think..
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 12:
1 Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselves to God to be His Sacred, living sacrifices. And live in Holiness, experiencing all that delights His Heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship.
Who or what else would you even consider submitting your life to? A man or woman who may not even be around tomorrow? A philosophy which is ever-changing in its views based on the latest fads? Facts which may be debunked tomorrow based on new research and observation? FATHER will not change and Truth is only found where HE resides.
2 Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.
Transformation of your soul is an ongoing process so don’t think it will be finished any time soon. I am continually amazed at the new facets and Truths FATHER reveals as I am able to handle them. HE will answer questions which have been at the back of our minds as we are ready to receive them. Our focus should simply be the consistent transformation efforts brought on by The Word.
3 God has given me grace to speak a warning about pride. I would ask each of you to be emptied of self-promotion and not create a false image of your importance. Instead, honestly assess your worth by using your God-given faith as the standard of measurement, and then you will see your true value with an appropriate self-esteem.
The world encourages us to be self-promoting in all our communications. No matter what or who you see in the media, they will self-promote even in a subtle fashion in order to convince you of their message. We should simply preach Christ! It matters not who I am or who you are… only Christ in us the Hope of Glory.
It is time for the church to quit feeding the congregations soul food. The recent health crisis made it abundantly clear that the church was not prepared to step up and minister life to those in dire straits. We all need to be fully transformed and embrace who we are in Christ and come to the revelation that we have within us the power and authority to deal with any crisis which arises.
We need to appropriate what is in us. We don’t need another prayer chain. We don’t need to beg FATHER to intervene when HE has already intervened on our behalf by giving us HIS Son for our empowerment. FATHER and Jesus are waiting on us to embrace the revelation found in Paul’s writings of Colossians chapters one and two. It is time to press in!