Defragmentation

February 8, 2012

Defragmentation

Thank you, Lord, continue to bring it on……

I am transforming. Changing.  Being Renewed.  Defragmenting.  Yes!  The truth of Romans 12:2 is weaving itself into every fiber of me…..”Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind…”  Love it!  It is a work of God.  A work of His grace.  I am offering myself to the work of God and He is transforming, or changing me. 

I am fully aware that I am made of body, soul, and spirit.  My soul (mind, will and emotion) needs renewal.  Yes, it is happening.  God is so sweet to have verified this to me last Thursday at First Look Pregnancy Center.  I am leading a Bible study there.  Our theme is “New Year Transformations.”  Our verse to memorize last Thursday was Romans 12:2. We repeated it over and over until we all got it.  It was my birthday, so my fellow women gave me a devotion book (Jesus Calling)  The devotion for the day, February 2, was based on Romans 12:2.  We were all astounded, to say the least.

I really loved this devotion book.  When I got home, I decided I would read one more day, but only one so that I wouldn’t read all the days up.  I read January 1.  Guess what the verse for this one is…Romans 12:2!  I do believe God was trying to get my attention. 

My dear friend at the center told me a couple of days later that God had given her a word picture of Romans 12:2…..”Defragmentation”   She runs a program on her computer called “defragmentation.”  I have run it on mine as well.  So cool.  That is what happens to us in a way, our minds need to be defragmented.  Cleaned up. Changed.  Reprogrammed.  God is defragmenting my mind.  He is changing me.  Renewing me.  It is His work.  Not me.  I am offering myself to Him and He is doing it. 

When I became His child, He put a new spirit in me.  He gave me a new heart.  I will always be His daughter.  There is nothing I can do to try to earn more love from my Father.  His love for me is deep and high and long.  However, I deceive myself if I think I do not need my mind to be renewed, changed, or transformed.  My stinky thinking, actions, and lack of faith can bring Him grief.   It brings me much grief as well. 

What is my motivation to change?  When I catch glimpses of the glory and majesty of Jesus Christ, the desire to be like Him explodes in me. (I feel like I have only seen glimpses)  He is so creative, so tender, so pure, so humble yet all powerful, so loving, so just, so strong.  I honestly look forward to zipping out of my earth limitations  and experiencing the reality of I John 3:2  Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known.  But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.”

So therefore I will continue to offer myself to God to be transformed.  I will take seriously the “disciplines” that allow myself to be placed  before God as an offering.  We are studying these disciplines together at First Look Pregnancy Center. Richard Foster is walking me through these disciplines in his book, “Celebration of Discipline.”  I am very blessed.  So very blessed!