Take Every Thought Captive

I'm realizing that I am lazy. As I struggle, I recognizing that I have let slide some of those key holy habits . . . not that I have stopped doing them, but I have stopped the intentionality and consistency with which I do them. And as a result my mind has become lazy and sloppy.

Here's the thing. Life isn't easy. God never promised it would be, and He never said that our relationship with Him would be easy either. That's the thing about relationships. They require work and dedication and time and commitment and habits. Why would I ever think that my relationship with Christ should be any different? Scripture speaks of the work of becoming like Christ. Only three places does it use the word "metamorpho" which is like the work of metamorphosis. It takes a heck of a lot of struggle for a caterpillar to break through a cocoon. "Metamorpho" is used in the transfiguration of Christ. It is in Romans 12:2 where we are told to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. And it is in 2 Co 2:18 as it talks about being transformed into His likeness. There is no easy way to becoming like Christ. It is struggle, it is sweat, it is work. Sometimes I get sucked into the mentality of the world that things should be easy and struggle must be bad. But I want a relationship that means something because I have invested into it, I have fought for it, I have struggled to understand it.

And so I'm working to take every thought captive (2 Co 10:5) and to be filled with hope (Ro 15:13). I am working to intentionally invest time and consistently study to more fully understand the unchanging character of God. I am working to communicate more freely, more honestly to the one who intercedes on my behalf. Because I'm tired of being lazy.