I have to admit, when I first read these verses I didn't see the connection to the devotional today. I thought maybe they misprinted the verse reference...but then it started to make sense.
You see, it's normal for us to feel and think that other people have better lives than we do - they look better or have better stuff or get treated better. This usually makes us feel even worse about ourselves and just a little (or a lot) resentful toward the "better people." That's normal.
But here's the deal, when God comes into our lives, we stop being "normal" in the sense that we no longer think, feel, and act like we did before God entered our lives. That's what the verses in Titus were talking about. God changes us - not on the outside, but on the inside. God's not into plastic surgery to change the surface of our lives. He's into major transplant surgery to change our inside. He puts a new heart in us so that we see the world around us (including ourselves) the way that He sees it.
So, the next time you think "I wish my life was..." stop and examine your heart. Are you looking at your world through God's heart or your own?
- What is one part of your life you wish you could change?
- How can looking at it through God's heart change your attitude about things?
Pastor Dave
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That is a big issue with me lately. I am always thinking about how I'm not a good enough person, and I need to work harder, and that God's dissapointed in me.
-Sometimes I wish that I could shop at nicer stores...(splurging at our house is going to walmart, rather than goodwill)
-I don't think it matters that much to God. I should focus on other people rather than my own selfish desires.
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