Daily Word

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2. For Christians our mind-set is to be determined and reshaped by knowledge of the gospel, by the power of the Spirit, and by the concerns of the age to come, rather than by the passing fashion of this age. Only by such sanctifying renewal is the Christian made sufficiently sensitive to “discern” the behavior that is God’s will in each situation. “By testing you may discern” translates in the Greek, which often has the sense of finding out the worth of something by putting it to use or testing it in actual practice. In all honesty with yourself; how often do you really put the worth of God’s word to use or to test in each of the situations you face throughout the day as you walk with Christ?