SPIRITUAL CHANGES ON THE INSIDE, RESULT IN A RARE BEAUTY ON THE OUTSIDE!!!

Jan 3. 2014

SPIRITUAL CHANGES ON THE INSIDE, RESULT IN A RARE BEAUTY ON THE OUTSIDE!!!

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:1-2

My friends, let’s focus on  SELF today as we ask ourselves the question. Suppose each day as we move through all of life’s challenges, and as the world views us, they only see the BEAUTY and Character of Christ, and His Fruits of the Spirit which are “love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”

And if that is not the picture we portray to others,  then what must we do to bring about a CHANGE in our life so only the BEAUTY OF THE SON WILL SHINE through us. Webster’s definition of Change is “something different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone:”

And friends if  we seek the kingdom of God our CHARACTER MUST NOT BE LEFT ALONG. Most of us seeks change but in most cases we are incapable to make it happen, because it would involved a “Spiritual transformation, or restructuring our lives around the three R’S revival, Renovation and restoration, which is Humanly impossible as long as the god of this world exist.

So as we travel on this Journey to the promise land God has placed His chosen on, we must admit not to ourselves but to God that a CHANGE must take place in our lives 2 Cor. 5:17 tells us Therefore, if anyone is IN CHRIST, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17

In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians which should be our heartfelt prayer to the GOOD SHEPHERD each day “that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling…..” Eph. 1:16-18

My friends that text is telling each of us to PRAY FOR THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR THAT WE MAY ALL KNOW WHAT CHANGE HE SEES NEEDED IN OUR LIVES, as we allow His Spirit to make those CHANGES.

And friends as Children of God SELF can not tell you what it takes for SELF to die as we allow our lives to change in the image of Christ, only God’s Spirit can do that. As I look at the world we live in today the only thing that should be CHANGELESS is our Passion for Christ in our lives and our passion to finish up the work of the MASTER as we spread the Good News of the Gospel  to a world marred in sin.

My friends God has a purpose and a plan for each of our lives “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jer 29:11 And in order for Him to accomplished this He must be able to use us in all situations and circumstances that He sees fit to end this great controversy between good and evil.

And this can not happen if we have not allowed SPIRITUAL CHANGES ON THE INSIDE, TO RESULT IN A RARE BEAUTY ON THE OUTSIDE. So today priorities your values, making Christ No. 1 and sometimes that requires a change and in most cases a drastic change.

And CHANGE brought about by the Spirit gives us direct access to the throne room, in the presence of God who then gives us His will for our lives as he prepares us for the Journey ahead as we move closer and closer to the promise land “Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. 2 Cor. 4:16-18 And only SPIRITUAL CHANGES ON THE INSIDE THAT HAVE RESULTED IN A RARE BEAUTY ON THE OUTSIDE prepares us for ETERNITY

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY