
Albert Einstein
said that the definition of Insanity is ‘doing
the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.’ Now I
don’t imagine many of us would consider ourselves insane, albeit many of us are certainly a bit peculiar. Yet, I can’t help but think that in a
Spiritual sense Insanity might be a good way to categorize our Spiritual Lives.
Follow me through
this thought if you would, most Christians see areas in their life that need to
change. It could be that there’s an addiction to a particular sin, it
could be that there is a prideful spirit; it could be that there is some
sort of idolatry in your life. Or maybe the change that needs to happen
revolves more around the things that you should be doing, but you aren’t. You aren’t
practicing evangelism, you aren’t spending time in God’s word on a
regular basis, your prayer life is shallow, there are very few ways
your serving the Lord, etc. We could continue for the examples are many,
but hopefully the point is made that every one of see ways in our lives to that
we need to change to make us the people that God has called us to be.
My question is
what are you going to do about it? 2017 brings many new opportunities, for you
and for me and for this church, but if we are not careful 2017 will be just
like 2016. If we aren’t careful we will live the same way in 2017 that we did
in 2016, and therefore we will see no real growth in our lives. You may say we
are caught in a rut, you may say we are being complacent, call it
what you want; but until we get intentional
about honoring God with our lives nothing is going to change.
I’m not talking
about a new year’s resolution; I’m talking about a Spirit of fortitude and
determination to make this year count. 365 days… you can waste them; or you can
make the most out of them; the choice is yours!
Ephesians 4:22–24—“put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life
and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of
your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in
true righteousness and holiness.”
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