Have
you had your Joy Juice today? Remind
yourself who you are in Christ and you will be drenched in His Joy.
It’s
not common to always be joyful and cheerful and positive and….GODLY! But that’s what Christians are supposed to
be! Colossians 3:10 tells to “put
on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its
creator.”
The key words in that verse are “new
self” and “renewed”. How can we be
UNCOMMON, set apart, different from the world?
By putting on the ‘new self’ that comes from keeping our minds focused
and saturated with the knowledge found in God’s Word and by seeking to become more
like Him.
Susie Larson writes that “the common way is the road
of reciprocating pettiness and gossip, building cases, and forming alliances.
Those who take this path through betrayal and rejection give the devil a mighty
foothold in their lives. They emerge
from the crisis of betrayal miserable, not blessed. They struggle with suspicion instead of
trust. They are cynical and less
hopeful.”
How
can we escape going down this road? By
humbling ourselves before God; by realizing that…in the words of Susie Larson: “we
are nothing without God, but with Him we are everything!” When our eyes are
permanently focused on God, we become less self-centered and desire what God
wants for us and for others. That’s what an “uncommon” Christian is all about.
Let’s put on our “new self” and get ready for uncommon servings of JOY
in the Lord.
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