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Conformed or Transformed?
04/12/2008 18:05:22 / Reflective
If you want a little snapshot of what the world considers "normal," just
glance at magazine covers near the grocery store checkout. You will find racks
of lies, rumors, indecency, adultery, and betrayal. A movie star leaves his wife
for another woman. A pop-singer mom loses custody of her children because of
drug use.
Young girls are taught their self-worth is based on outward appearance. These
don't sound like traditional family values, do they? But as a culture, we aren't
shocked by what we see. Even worse, we enjoy it. We read articles and watch TV
shows about such perversion, as if intoxicated by the "glamour" of such
lifestyles. We fill our homes with a million little pictures of this distorted
reality and then pack it neatly away when it's time for church. Sadly, some of
us are living two separate lives. The one we show God, and the one we show the
world.
Romans chapter 12:2 confronts us with this contradiction head-on. As you
think about the images above, consider the words of the apostle Paul.
He said "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind, so you may prove what the will of God is, which is good
and acceptable and perfect."
Is your home being conformed to the world, or is it being
transformed by the Holy Spirit? Would others see you as a blind
follower of culture's ambitions? Or would they see the "good and acceptable and
perfect" will of God in your life? Be honest with yourself as you talk to the
Lord today.
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