“Life Applications”
Change
Romans 12:2
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
In order to bring change to an
individual, the focus must be on changing their MIND. The INTERNAL has to be addressed before there
can be a visible EXTERNAL change. Mark
5:1-15 gives an account of a man who was demon possessed and living among the
tombs. This man had no desire to wear
clothes. However, after Jesus cast the
demons out of the man, the man lost the desire to continue walking around naked.
God is ultimately responsible for
producing change in an individual, but there are times when we can be
instrumental in the process of their change.
However, people tend to be resistant to our encouragement of their
change if they have not witnessed change in us.
People who are close to us have the opportunity to observe our lives and
they witness our flaws. When they do not
observe the same intensity in us to address our faults as they notice in our
desire to produce change in them, our efforts will not yield any good results.
