Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
Professionally, I am in corporate software sales. That means I sell software to large corporations. Where I work now, the sales cycles are very long – 18 to 24 months to close one deal is not an uncommon expectation. In my profession, there is a saying that is fairly common and it is used to reflect on the day to make sure that I am always moving forward on closing a deal. It is very easy for a sales guy in my line of work, to lose focus or get distracted in trivial crap that doesn’t do much for moving opportunities forward to closure. So, daily I ask myself the following question: “What did I do today to move this deal forward ?“
I heard a song on the radio today that really struck me (hence today’s blog). It is by some new artist and the title is “I’m not who I was”… The premise of the song is similar to the “sales question” of the first paragraph. Each day I should not be the same person I was the day before! Each day, I should ask myself what I’ll call the “transformation question”, namely: “What did I do today that makes me more like Jesus than I was yesterday?”
It’s amazing how God coordinates all these seemingly unrelated and trivial things to rattle my brain and get my attention. Who would have thought how I do my job, a song on the radio this morning, and the chapter I read yesterday all had something in common?
So I’ll close by asking you:
What are you doing today to become more like Christ tomorrow?
Running After Papa…