Thinking, Being, Doing
Thinking, Being, Doing.
Last week we used a broad brush to paint the purpose and principles that God gave us to live and love by.
We were made to reflect God's glory; this happens when we love and trust Him fully; and when we love and trust Him fully, we will love our neighbors as ourselves; and when we love our neighbors as ourselves, we will invest our lives into theirs and cultivate in them a similar life of love and trust in God; and when this happens lives are transformed and families and workplaces and neighborhoods and cities and states and nations...even the cosmos...is effected; and God is glorified.
Loving God begins with thinking rightly about him; that is what it means to "love him with our hearts" (in Hebrew, the "heart" is the center of thinking; we would say "minds"). When we grow in a healthy knowledge of God, our souls are transformed (our "being"). And when our very essence is transformed, our actions then will follow...we will love God with our might...our "doings" will be less self-centered and more Christ-centered (and, therefore, "others-centered"). This week we will look at a passage that I believe captures this transformation of heart (thinking), soul (being), and might (doing): Romans 12:1-8. As we continue to look at how Christ is calling us to bring the Good News of His Kingdom to our neighborhoods, this Sunday will focus on where it all begins: in one's own relationship with our Creator. I look forward to exploring this with you and worshiping our God together!
Grace and peace,
Dave