Day two-hundred-eighty-six

Another day, another dollar. I am not going to write about work today.

I had a realization about myself earlier today. Too often, we can get caught up in ourselves and not hold to the things of God as believers should. I realized that I had become concerned with my own personal comfort at the expense of my spiritual growth. Romans 12:2 admonishes us not to be conformed to the world, "but transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."

As human beings, we are too easily satisfied with what is sinful, unacceptable, and inadequate. Unbelievers cannot do any better than their unredeemed natures will allow, although Scripture says they are without excuse (Romans 1:20). For believers, we have a way out for when temptation comes, the Lord Himself. We sin when we fail to give heed to theirs and what He has done for us. We must rely in His eternal forgiveness for when we sin.

When you are struggling, pray that God would grant you strength in your struggles and be thankful for the work He is doing in you, even if you can see it at the time. There's another area where I need to grow: being thankful to God in trying circumstances.