By Livy Jarmusch
Do
you know what the word transform means? It means to change energy
from one kind to another, to change an electrical current into one of
different voltage.
God desires to give you a new kind of energy. The same energy that lights up the stars at midnight. He
wants to infuse you with strength and purity! He wants to transform
everything that has been sick and tried, weak and disgusting, into
something gloriously new. He wants you to shine like a glow-stick on
the beach.
He wants your heart to explode with God's goodness,
like fireworks on the fourth of July. He wants to set you up like
dynamite, ready to light up this world for Him!
How does a
girl transform and renew her mind with this new kind of voltage
called God's grace? It comes from the electrical current of the
living Word. That's right, it comes from your Bible.
God's
Word is like a seed. Sometimes it seems small and maybe even
unimportant. But sewing time into reading God's Word is the most
vital and world changing thing you can possibly do. Why? Because it's
HIS Words that bring the fire and the power to change this world. You
can't change anything on your own, in your human strength.
But
with God, and His Word living inside of you, you can do everything!
Girl, everything that you think
and everything that you do
has immeasurable potential and power. When you connect with God,
clinging Your heart to His, renewing your mind in His Word, soaking
in His presence, asking Him to do all He wishes and surrendering your
very self? Woah, look out world. There will be no force that can stop
you.
We have all entered a new school year. There are papers
to be written, deadlines to be met, and we're surrounded with
seemingly never-ending check-lists!
But I strongly urge and
challenge you NOT to neglect God's Word this school year. Again, it
might seem trivial and unimportant...but only the smallest seeds give birth to the greatest world-changing things. Invest time into the Word, and you will be blown away by what God does in your heart and mind. God's Word can turn your
kryptonite into dynamite. Don't try to live this life without His
Word! Because Jesus
is
the Word.
I hope this post will encourage you to turn off the
computer, silence your cell phone, and reach for your Bible to spend
time with the King.
Inspired by 2 Corinthians 10:3, Romans 12:2, John 8:32,
Mark 4:24, & Psalm 1
Every
thought drops a seed,
By God's grace I can lead,
Every rebel
thought into captivity,
Down prostrate before the King,
Divine
power from the Holy Spirit,
Trust in Him and He will do it,
Help
me to use my authority,
To demolish strongholds, lies and crooked
things,
Proud weeds that prop themselves up,
Bitterly take
root in soil that's puffed up,
But these wild weapons will not
remain,
They will not fulfill the purpose for which they came,
I
command all thoughts into obedience,
Yielding to Christ and His
spirit alone,
I cast all pride before His throne,
I conform
no longer for this mind was made to be,
Constantly renewed, all
bitter turned to sweet,
My mental energy is radically changed,
No longer held back with apathetic chains,
By the fruitful
flower of Christ in me,
He electrified and birthed many seeds in
me,
Seeds
of life, joy, beauty and peace,
Seeds of redemption and liberty,
Wash my mind with the water of the Word,
And
soon these seeds will be homes for the birds,
A place to rest,
perch and play,
A mighty fruit tree, prosperous each day,
Intimately connected, intermingled with the Vine,
This garden
of God's glory is the garden of my mind.