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In our relationship to God,
Paul says that as a Christian, I must give God my body, give Him my mind,
and give Him my will, according to
my commentary. My mind controls my body,
and my will controls my mind. It’s
suggested that we accomplish this surrender through disciplined prayer, starting each day first by surrendering our
bodies to Christ, then spending time
in God’s Word, letting Him transform our
minds, preparing our thinking for that new day. Then
we pay, yielding the plans of the day to Him, letting him work as He sees
best, praying especially for what’s on the schedule that is worrisome or
upsetting. That sounds like a perfect
way to start each day.
In our relationship to other
believers, I read that each Christian must honestly evaluate his own spiritual gifts, not holding back in
using what God has given him, and hot overrating himself, trying to exercise gifts
that have not been given. Then we must faithfully cooperate with other
believers, allowing them also to exercise their
God-given gifts – not minimizing their gifts over our own. “It is possible to use a spiritual gift in an
unspiritual way,” my commentary
said. Our participation must be done in
a loving way, with honest love and not hypocritical love –
humble and not proud.
Finally, Paul talked about our relationships with our enemies. While we can attract enemies by being
faithful in our witness, it’s quite another thing to attract enemies because we
lack love and patience. We can’t play God and try to avenge
ourselves, either. We are told to return
good for evil, and that requires love and faith, believing that God can work and accomplish His will in every life.
Father, Your timing, as always, is excellent. I will need this today. Guide me.
Go before me. Help me not to
defend myself, but to leave it in Your
hands. Help me to submit my body, my
mind, and my will to You.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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