Romans 12:1-2
I confess that Romans 12 was not exactly one of my favorite verses, mainly because I couldn’t present my body as a living sacrifice to God because of my addiction to nicotine, which is a lust of the flesh. And that is sin, the sinful nature in my flesh that was too strong for me. However, once I admitted my sin and inability to quit, God intervened on my behalf by His Spirit (Zech. 4). Although this is a New Year, I will not limit GOD to my limited timeframe. GOD is always working on behalf of His beloved; we can’t see everything He is doing. I am so grateful.
Have you wondered why something you have done in the past didn’t have such an impact as it had another time in the future? It seems strange that no matter how often you’ve done something, it never had the same effect, such as the pleasures of the experience for the first time.
I’ve played golf before, but it was more fulfilling today. When the plane flew over the clouds, the Holy Spirit told me to see things through His perspective instead of my old way of thinking. I am beginning to discover discoveries about myself, such as coaching Cross Country to elementary champions, bike riding, traveling by plane, and now golfing; I’ve found that I love to play golf!
Seriously, I am not excited about playing golf; I am excited about trying new things without that old mindset about my inability to do anything without feeling guilt and experiencing the freedom to have fun. Today, it was more fulfilling because I wasn’t trusting in “Self.” For years, I’ve withheld doing things because I had the Scarcity mindset instead of God’s mind for us: He promises to provide everything we need according the Abundance of His steadfast love and faithfulness.
Your ways are higher than ours; Your thoughts are higher than ours, LORD—no wonder I am in awe of Your goodness toward me. I am finally discovering what it means to walk by faith, not sight.
It’s going to be a year of Discovering God’s Abundance, praise and glory to God, through Christ our LORD, AMEN.
