"Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you." (Rom 12:2) The demand upon believers to conform to the world's way of thinking is getting increasingly greater and greater. Many have even adopted a "go along to get along" attitude. While that may afford some a degree of comfort, it does nothing to advance us along the kingdom path to maturity. Our time here on earth is temporary so don't get too comfortable. Prepare for eternity!
PRAYER: Lord, prepare us for eternity. Help us to adjust our thinking so that we are more concerned about eternity than our present temporary home. Amen.
Heb 11:13-14. . . . These men of faith I have mentioned died without ever receiving all that God had promised them; but they saw it all awaiting them on ahead and were glad, for they agreed that this earth was not their real home but that they were just strangers visiting down here. And quite obviously when they talked like that, they were looking forward to their real home in heaven. TLB
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