Don’t
love this world, nor anything in it. If you do love these things, you aren’t
following God. Because, everything in this world that you want and you think is
beautiful and important – that all belongs to this world. It’s not the Father’s
concern. All that passes away, and men tire of it. But God’s purpose lives
forever. (1 John 2:15-17)
Are you sure you love what you think you
love? Consider that your actions are what show your true loves; your deepest
desires. When you must choose between more for you, or more for another person,
which do you pick? The things you unconsciously choose to pursue during your
day were trained into you before you gave your life to Christ. Has the Lord
reshaped you with His new, second nature?
Many of the New Testament writers cautioned
about mindlessly conforming to old habits and the ways of this world. This
world teaches you that there are things more important than Jesus. But you know
better. Everywhere, all around you and your people, your culture is helping you
to acquire this false narrative – this empty vision they call the good life.
Don’t be fooled, and don’t let your people buy in to the lies that tell them
who and what to love.
Choose to embrace the new, second nature
that God has placed within you and lead your people to do the same.
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