Transform You

Romans 12:2 NLT 
Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

There is a fine line between adapting to the changes all around us and letting ourselves be absorbed by them. That is, letting them get between us and God. And it is so subtle. The movies we watch are filled with people and actions that are not the norm and are not Godly. Yet the more we watch them the more "normal" it seems.

And our children only know what they observe and if they are subjected only to the world view, they will have a difficult time being brought back to the God view.

When we are born again we give God permission to change us, to work in our life to help us become more like Christ in what we do and how we think. But are we letting Him do that when we continue to put ourselves with others not following God? We become like those we associate with.

Sure, we can go to church and hear how we should behave. We can read our Bible and get a better understanding of how God wants to see us. We can listen to Christian CD's in the car and go to Bible studies.

This is all good. But what about the rest of the time? Who do we associate with during our days and most nights? Who are they following?

Either Holy Spirit will transform us or the world will. I vote for the former.