Today's RST (based on a thought from PurposeDrivenLife.com) is pretty cool--we'll bring it home with a follow-up thought tomorrow:
With the Olympics coming soon (and with the dramatic revelations during the baseball season just past), testing for all sorts of substances is back in the headlines. Leaving athletes aside for just a minute, ask yourself this question, and answer it honestly: if you were in a random testing program, what would you test positive for? Envy? Greed? Hiding who you truly are? Fear vs. acting on what you know to be right? How about a condemning and judgmental attitude instead of one of love and tolerance? Ouch! But it’s a great question, huh? What would I test positive for that is harmful to me? To others? Maybe some self-righteousness, self-indulgence, or laziness? How about less-than-honorable thoughts?
So what do I do with this information? Well for starters, I can stop "taking these things into my system" and ask God to replace them with His Spirit and its fruits--the results of His presence in your life (see Galatians 5:22,23 which is especially interesting when compared to "the old ways" listed in verses 19-21). The first step in getting rid of something bad for you is to become conscious of it. Then turn to God moment by moment, day by day, for more of His Spirit as He brings these things to your conscious mind--give them to Him, and ask Him for the good stuff (His presence in your life) instead.
You've been prayed for today.
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