Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind (Romans 12:2).
Occasionally I am tasked with creating worship slides for
projection. Since the chorus is repeated after every verse, I simply cut and
paste the original lyric into its new spot as many times as it’s needed. This
works fine unless there’s a typo in the original slide because then all my
cutting and pasting replicates that same mistake into every chorus.
Given the opportunity, our environment will imprint its
values and behaviors on us. Not easily ignored, society aggressively cuts and
pastes its way of doing things into our thinking. Paul is telling us we don’t
have to be carbon copies of the world around us. Rather than being clones of
our culture, we can reflect the character of our Creator.
When I access certain programs on my laptop, it asks, Do
you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer? There
are also, even though they are more subtle, prompts I receive from the Holy
Spirit when my environment tries to make deleterious changes to my programming.
The world is doggedly determined to find its way into my
brain. If I want to submit my conscious mind as well as my subconscious to the
life-changing power of the Spirit, I must be intentional about connecting with
God and his Word.
TODAY’S MEDITATION
How do you give God access
to your mind and spirit?
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