We are getting ready for our move back to living in the USA. I am thinking back over some of the lessons we have learned in our time here in Southern Africa. We have come a long distance, and have driven a great many kilometers whilst here. We are moving objects.
The late seminary prof, Howard Hendricks used to say, "A moving object can easily be directed, but inertia is hard to overcome."
His point, in context, was that we ought to be moving somewhere. Scripture says, "As you go...". We ought to be moving, not static.
There is little doubt that we have been changed by our time here. The good, the challenging, the novel have all been transforming us.
Not sure this is true, but it is Scriptural, so I'll trust it, " And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." 2 Corinth 3:18
Also, we have this command, "Do not conform 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." Rom 12:2.
And, "But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 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." Phil 3:20-21
L^rd we moved, thanks for your continuing transformation. We haven't arrived yet.
The late seminary prof, Howard Hendricks used to say, "A moving object can easily be directed, but inertia is hard to overcome."
His point, in context, was that we ought to be moving somewhere. Scripture says, "As you go...". We ought to be moving, not static.
There is little doubt that we have been changed by our time here. The good, the challenging, the novel have all been transforming us.
Not sure this is true, but it is Scriptural, so I'll trust it, " And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." 2 Corinth 3:18
Also, we have this command, "Do not conform 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." Rom 12:2.
And, "But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 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." Phil 3:20-21
L^rd we moved, thanks for your continuing transformation. We haven't arrived yet.
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