Pk’s Corner
September 2016
Ephesians 4:17 (NRSV)
17 Now this I affirm and insist on in the
Lord: you must no longer live as the Gentiles live, in the futility of their
minds.
There is a change in
the air. The weather will soon start
cooling. The kids have already started
school. Clothing styles are moving from
keeping cool to keeping warm. In a few
months, our government will even change.
The question is, are you changing. ?
Knowing Christ is not
about keeping things status quo. Knowing
Christ is about change. Knowing Christ
means you are putting on a new self and casting the old away.
In Wesleyan
terminology this is called going on to perfection. These changes that take place are because God
is working on you to bring you closer to him.
Our acceptance of Christ is the step we take then God takes it from
there. But it also means that we have to
be willing to let go of our old life.
Each day a conscious
decision must be made, do we fall back into our old ways, or do we let God
continue to do his perfecting work on us.
Paul understood the temptation to those who wanted to fall back to the
old ways. Each and every person has
within them the voice that tells us the old way was better. We can choose to listen to that voice, or we
can choose to keep Christ in our hearts.
God calls us and will
keep calling us to have a deeper relationship with him. That relationship shows in the way we live
and the way we love one another. It
isn’t always easy, but every step we take with Christ brings us closer to him.
So, are you changing?
Amen
