I was listening to Relient K's most recent album this evening, and a lyric jumped out at me:
"I'm just trying to be a better version of me for You."
It seems so simple, yet so often we miss the mark. We try to be someone who we aren't to impress God. It doesn't work. He knows us inside out; He created us. The Message paraphrase of Psalm 139:1-6 says, "Even from a distance, You know what I'm thinking. You know when I leave and when I get back; I'm never out of Your sight. You know everything I'm going to say before I start the first sentence."
Why do we try to be anything besides a better version of ourselves for God? Romans 12:1 says, "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship." That's all He asks. God doesn't expect us to give Him anything He hasn't first given us - how can we?
If we offer Him ourselves--our entire selves--He will make us a better version of ourselves for Him.
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Interesting to know.
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