We learn more from one another's example than from our
words. We often say one thing, but do another. Many times we are not even aware
of it. Our children are always watching us.
The human eyes absorb sights we do not even register with
our conscious mind. These images are stored in our subconscious mind and affect
us for the rest of our life.
We need to guard what our eyes, and the eyes of our
children see. TV, movies, magazines, books and all media are sources of
perversion that we can control to protect us and our children.
God uses our eyes to reveal to us His glory through
nature all around us (Romans 1:20). We feel His pleasure in His love when we
experience it through the details of our life.
The glory of Christ in us is the revelation of His divine
character, which changes us into a new creation. He imparts to us the fruit of
His Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), and relates to us through His grace and love.
The servant role, which Jesus performed while on earth,
teaches us how to model His character to our world as well. We serve others as
Christ serves His Bride, His Church.
Jesus was obedient to our Heavenly Father to the point of
submitting Himself to the death on the cross. Similarly, we come to the place
spiritually where we are willing to die to our self (1 Corinthians 15:31; Galatians
2:20).
We live for God to the point where He actually lives
through us. We adopt the mind of Christ as our own and refrain from living a
sinful lifestyle - fully convinced that He sets us free from the law of sin and
death by the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus.
Christ's life and death are the manifestation of the love
of God for all of mankind. Due to His great love for us, His compassionate
mercies never fail us; they are new every single morning (Lamentations
3:22-23).
Prayer:
Father God, we gaze on Your goodness through every moment
of every day. We esteem, appreciate and adore You with every breath that we
take. We look forward to You changing us into the image of Christ by the work
of Your Spirit in our life (Romans 8). Lead us by Your Holy Spirit so that we
only do the activities which You are calling us to accomplish with our day
(Ephesians 2:10).
Help us to ignore the overwhelming flood of details in this
life, which attempt to sidetrack us from doing Your will. We have confidence
that Your Spirit will lead us to perform each detail of our responsibility in
Your timing and way, without the stress we usually put on our self when we try
to control our life.
Thought for the Day:
We are channels of God's love to everyone in our sphere of influence from our family to neighbors, workmates and acquaintances, as well as strangers we meet on the street, the store and the restaurant.
We are channels of God's love to everyone in our sphere of influence from our family to neighbors, workmates and acquaintances, as well as strangers we meet on the street, the store and the restaurant.
