APPLY SCRIPTURE
Are you the same man you were five years ago? Probably not. As a husband/dad (and especially a believer), growth may feel slow—but it shouldn’t be non-existent. Your mission, should you choose to accept it: stop conforming and start transforming—recognize God’s will and live it out. That’s the job. Romans 12:2 says, Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Here’s how this breaks down: #1 STOP BEING LIKE THE WORLD. Reject the world’s standard of success and self-promotion. Instead, God calls you to spiritual leadership—service to others and love for your family. If you look the same as the world, you might be doing this thing wrong. Scripture calls that conforming. You’re called instead to surrender and transform. #2 RENEW YOUR MIND. Growth often starts with your mind—with how you think. It’s not just about changing behavior at first, but about allowing God’s Word to renew your mind and heart. The Greek word for renewing has the idea of complete change—we’re talkin’ caterpillar-to-butterfly metamorphosis here. #3 KEEP KNOWING AND DOING GOD’S WILL. Keep renewing long enough and you’ll find God’s will. Your decisions start to be shaped by God. Would God serve or give here? Then you do. Boom—center of God’s will stuff. Your wants/desires are no longer good enough. You want Him more than you want anything else. That’s godliness.
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GAIN INSIGHT
Betsie ten Boom, sister of Corrie ten Boom: “The center of God’s will is our only safety.”
John Piper: “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.”
Rick Warren: “The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.”
TAKE ACTION
Renew me. God’s renewal is available to every single day—to YOU. Psalm 51:10 is a powerful prayer: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Recognize the prayer isn’t, “God, help my wife see things my way…” or, “Baby Jesus, please make my kids smarter in this area.” No, the prayer is focused on your relationship to God. Everything flows from that. Create and renew. Then do it again tomorrow. String a few days together, you’ll start to get off the bench and get in the game. Let’s go.
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Kent Evans
Author of Don’t Bench Yourself, co-founder of Manhood Journey
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