People have a natural tendency to
simply follow the herd. It is easier to go with the flow of whatever is
popular, faddish or commonly admired. The steep price of a drift along
lifestyle is failure to find your divinely created purpose. We are each
carefully knit together for God’s specific will and can never rise to God’s
best going along with the crowd. I must continually find that sweet spot of
being IN the crowd but not OF the crowd, Lord, protect me from wandering
aimlessly. Keep my pace in cadence with Yours. Teach me to be comfortable in
the gaggle but to be willing to fly at the front.
A serious pursuit of godliness requires an equally serious renunciation of worldliness. Too often, we measure spirituality with false scales. While being wisely selective with our public vices we are less so with our private attitudes and perspectives. In reality, it is the thoughts and intents of the heart where the greatest battles must be waged; our actions will ultimately align with the condition of our hearts. Lord God, You know me inside out, You are not fooled by human facades. Plow my heart with Your Word and Spirit and leave nothing unturned. Refresh my inward man that I may outwardly glorify You in all places at all times.
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