Sarah Bush’s Weblog

As Christians we are to offer our bodies, that includes our minds, as a living sacrifice pleasing to God which is our spiritual act of worship. In doing so, we are to no longer conform to the patterns of this world, but transformed by renewing our mind. (Ro 12:1-2) In our society today, I see the spirit of passivity running rampant even within the church. Passivity is a stronghold of begin emotionally ruled by the absence of feeling or motivation. I see it in my children’s generation especially. So, we often hear, “I don’t feel like…going to church. I don’t feel like …praying.” Through non-activity and non-commitment, we can give our mind over to the enemy.  It is vital that we constantly be renewed in the spirit of our minds. We must be intentional to study and pray God’s word, then live it out. There are so many marriages struggling today because we have taken the mindset of the world and don’t feel like staying in the marriage or lack the feelings for the other spouse. To rely on our feelings is not always reality. God is love, even though I may not always experience His love every day, but I make a choice to believe He is with me and loves me. On days when I doubt, I take the time to renew my mind with scripture of this truth. Pray God breaks the spirit of passivity in you and those you love. Let’s beef up our commitment beyond our feelings and chose to renew our mind with His word and resist the subtle ways of the world.