Archive for February 20th, 2008

Play Dough – Galatians 5 19-26

Posted by aftershock.org.uk on February 20th, 2008

How long have you been a Christian? A month, a year, five years, or maybe as long as you can remember. Being a Christian is about change. If we are afraid of change then we had better get used to it. God takes you like a lump of clay, just as you did in art class. Or maybe as you used to do at kindergarten or nursery school with the play dough. God moulds you a little bit at a time, he transforms you into a closer image of Jesus. Gods, not moulding you into some robotic exact version of Jesus, oh no. More like a version of Jesus with your personality, and looks, and life. Now you and I both know that this will never be complete on this earth, but we should probably start seeing some differences. How big the differences are, may depend on how long God has had to work with us. I am grateful that he doesn’t rush things. But if we have problem with anger, we should start seeing ourselves become more patient with the guys at school, or college. If we never cared about other people, we will probably notice that we are starting to care about the way others feel. It’s a slow transformation sometimes but have a look back and see if you can spot where God has worked in your life, or where he now wants to mould you.

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