“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do.” (Romans 12:2)
A flock of wild geese was flying south for the winter when one goose looked down and noticed a group of domestic geese by a little pond near a farm. He noticed they had plenty of grain to eat. Life seemed relatively nice for them.
So he flew down and hung out with these geese until spring and enjoyed the food that was there. He decided that he would rejoin his flight of geese when they went north again.
When spring came, he heard them overhead and flew up to join them, but he had grown a bit fat from all of the seed. Flying was difficult, so he decided to spend one more season on the farm and then rejoin the geese on their next winter migration.
When the geese flew south the following fall, the goose flapped his wings a little, but he just kept eating his grain. He had simply lost interest.
That is what happens in the subtle process of the world influencing our lives. It is not necessarily dramatic, nor does it usually happen overnight. It is gradual, causing erosion in our lives as we begin to lower our standards. Soon, the things of God become less appealing, and the things of this world become more appealing. After a while, we have no interest in the things of God.
We have a choice: either we will be conformed to this world, or we will be transformed by the renewing of our minds. It is one or the other.
The only question is, which way will you go?
Copyright © 2008 by Harvest Ministries. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.
3 comments:
So true. It is way to easy for me to just not comment or say I will find a good devotional to post tomorrow. Then a week goes by, maybe two and the habit is starting to break. So many things remind me of that story called "My Heart, Christ's Home" when the guy walks by and sees Jesus sitting there and says effectively "I'll catch up with you later"
I want to catch up with Him every minute if I can.
cas
Very good. Sometimes finding myself conforming to much. Really need to focusing on transforming completely.
LT
Yes, I think it's all about our intimacy with God. The gravitational pull of the world (note the downward direction) is so strong, that only significant time spent with God will counteract it.
tba
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