Fear No Fear

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God” (Romans 12:2, MEV). The world is all about ‘normalizing’ things. I’ve read four long essays today about various behaviours and they all have comments praising the authors because ‘the more people who talk about this, the more we;ll normalize it’. I’m not sure these comments say what their authors THINK they say. It seems to me that they feel bad about what they’re doing. It seems that at the very least they think it ISN’T normal because they’re DESPERATE for other people to say it’s normal. It really got me thinking about what God has always said to us. We need to NORMALIZE studying the Word. From the very beginning, listening to God and obeying what we hear begets a LOT of positive benefits. Doing the opposite brings long-term strife and diminished living. If we normalize studying the Word it will be so much easier to get ourselves to normalize the Blessing. And THAT is what God wants to get into your life: the Blessing. So that He is your Source and your happiness and contentment never rests on things or systems, but on Him. We need to take more time and lean into the Word. Lean into the Lord. Lean into what He in His love for us wants for us. Let’s normalize THAT.

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