By Greg Laurie
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
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's 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?
Today's devotional is an excerpt from Every Day with Jesus by Greg Laurie, 2013
That is what happens in the subtle process of the world influencing our lives. It's 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?
Today's devotional is an excerpt from Every Day with Jesus by Greg Laurie, 2013
