True Holiness

I probably grew the most spiritually through the college years. It was at a big church where everyone seemed to be fired up for God, and having biblical wisdom and living a holy life would earn respect from all the people around you. But then, for many people, including myself, have become so self-consumed in trying too hard to be Pharisees.

In today's passage, Paul says "the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight." And also, "no more boasting about men!" He is so right. It's not how I can change on the outside so I can gain the respect and love of other people, but it's all about my internal transformation in Jesus - and me becoming less so that Jesus can become more of me. But such thought is nothing new to me. I have been making far too many commitments to set my life rooted in Jesus, without having much of a practical plan to follow through with them.

I have been feeling the power of morning QT and prayer lately. It started as an ongoing accountability thing with a friend, and the couple minutes in the mornings with God's Word really made a lot of changes throughout my day. I began to see ways that I've been selfish, and also saw how the day's QT passage fit into that situation. Then I realized, within these smaller battles throughout my day, I really felt God's big presence in my life, and the joy of victory.