It is important to outwardly show that life has changed.  What I am saying is that, we must get past our comforts to pursue God, and usually this means doing something to express our freedom.  That is, freedom from the past failures and successes.  We have to put some action with our faith and “step out.”

It’s one thing to change the way you think.  It’s another to change the way you live.  The fact of the matter is that this can be very uncomfortable, much like it was for Paul.  Let me be perfectly honest, it isn’t always fun to take time for prayer.  It can be tiring to read the Word of God.  But it is also life changing.  And it develops into having a yearning to do those things.

After we begin to run toward God, he thinks it is really great to run towards us.  In reality this can be terrifying.  Especially considering the fact that sometimes he likes to come in and mix things up for us.  It makes us feel weak.  It makes us feel vulnerable.  But he uses our weakness to get us past the meaningless poop of our daily lives.  And also past the pride of where we think our steps should go.  You see, God wants to give meaning to your life, but it will cost you exactly that, your life.

True righteous living occurs when we begin to let God have his way.