"WILL OF GOD!"

Romans 12:1-2                                                         (ESV)

"1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of GOD, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to GOD, which is your spiritual worship.

2 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."

The debate about celebrating a day that "this world" promotes as a day to recognize the spirit of anything other than Holiness is one that I will steer clear of today.   There are plenty of areas in my life where I "fall short of the glory of GOD", so for me to debate right and wrong would be fruitless, as I am just a sinner saved by grace!  

However, we (the Chosen) are set apart by GOD ALMIGHTY from the NORMAL THINGS that most are doing to delineate ourselves those who elect to have no boundaries in their lives.  Although my devotional was from Romans 12:1-2 only recently, I am once again led to write what GOD is speaking to me regarding these verses.  

We are COMMANDED to DO NOT do what everyone else does, just because everyone else is doing it!  Not only corporately, as a body Believers, but especially as individuals who should be striving to do the "WILL OF GOD"!  We have no control over how others within our fellowship live their lives, but there is NO ONE we can blame for our own actions other than ourselves!  

The Apostle Paul writes BY TESTING YOU MAY DISCERN what is the "WILL OF GOD".  If ALMIGHTY GOD directs me "not to eat meat" (1 Corinthians 8), then I need to avoid meat, no matter what others choose to do.   Conversely, if you are led to abstain from eating meat, I should not tempt  or encourage you to eat meat.  We are to strive to live inside the "WILL OF GOD" for our lives, no matter how the rest of "this world" lives!!!