Day 9

Romans 12:2 TPT
Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.

Culture. We are seeing it transformed in incredible ways right before our eyes. For good? Yes. For evil? Yes. Webster defines culture as “the set of values, conventions or social practices associated with a particular field, activity, or societal characteristic”. We live in a culture that is being redefined almost daily. What an incredible time to be alive.

I would ask you to consider this today: What if God is desiring us to influence culture instead of reacting to the culture around us? What if our culture resembled the directive found in Romans?? What if we stopped listening to the opinion of man and sought out the opinion of God through the reformation of how we think? What if we are thinking then asking God instead of asking God, then thinking?? Bill Johnson says it this way, “When the dream of God becomes the most important part of our lives, a culture is formed that enhances our purpose for being. This is what brings us into our greatest possible delight”.

Jesus, I give you permission to move in me. I desire for your dream to be the most important part of my life. I thank you that my purpose is to love you with my whole heart and to love others through that revelation of love. I thank you for renewing in me the dream of my heart and using me to bring about a reformation of my mind through the power of the Holy Spirit to know your will and to live a full and satisfying life. I thank you Holy Spirit for transforming me from the inside out to influence the culture around me. Amen.