Living Proof

A great number of the Christian community enters the first few weeks of the year in prayer and fasting. We set aside the beginning of the year to seek God’s direction for our lives, pray for others, and hear what He would have to say to us.

Often we come away with rich words of wisdom and have a clearer picture of God’s will for us. What we do with those revelations can be the hard part. We start off so excited and ready to fulfill the call of the Lord, but we can wind up throwing in the towel when adversity and trials enter our paths.

This morning in my time of devotion, I read Romans 12:2. I’ve read this scripture many times before, yet this time the words struck me with their meaning.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The word prove especially caught my attention. When something is proven, it’s truth and validity is established. Prove also means to give demonstration of by action. (Dictionary.com)

We all are in the process of proving God’s will whether we are aware of it or not. Once we accepted Christ, we became living examples of God’s will at work in the earth. Every promise that God laid down in the Bible is supposed to be evidenced in our lives.

Yet many of us do not experience the full fruition of God’s will in our lives. Why? Because we don’t apply the first part of the verse!

We are to transform ourselves by renewing our minds. We are to make our minds brand new through our study and application of the Word.

Many of us study, but how many of us apply? – And when I say apply, I'm not just referring to the things that are easy for us, but the hard actions as well!

Once we take on the resolve to fully renew our minds, our lives will be transformed, and we will experience the joy of living in the perfect will of God. We will prove to the world that God’s Word works! We will be able to draw more people into the Kingdom when they see the evidence of God’s Promise walking in the earth.

Verse of the Day: ...Throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy. Ephesians 4:22-24 (NLT)