Be ready
This is my first journal entry on Youversion. Bear with me.
The whole passage says: Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self‑controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. At first read I think- okay, prepare myself for action, control myself and focus only on the grace that will be give to me when Christ is revealed. But lets break down what it really means to me.
Therefore, prepare your minds for action;
What do you think about when you read this? What kind of action are you trying to take? For me, I'm trying to focus on what is at hand, and how I can best serve my family and the people I love. To accomplish this, I make lists, vision boards and I think about how I can do better ever single day. When God wants us to prepare our minds for action he's not only talking about our every day tasks, he also means he wants us to be ready to serve him when and where we are called, no matter what.
be self‑controlled;
This one is a hard one for me. Self control means so many things- it could be something as simple as deciding to take lunch to work every day (which I have been doing) or something as difficult as committing to reading the Bible in 90 days. Some of my friends are doing that. But when I read this passage I think about what God would want me to be- who he made me to be. He wants me to not only have self control over my body and my thoughts but also in the plans he has for me. He wants me to be healthy, happy and mindful of how I can best serve him. Self control comes only when I fully devote myself to him and his wants.
set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
I keep going back to the song "I can only imagine" and I think about how I will feel when I am finally in the presence of Jesus. You know what's crazy? Sometimes I feel like he's with me now. More than ever. As soon as I feel weak it's like his hand reaches out for me. He's like an old friend who has been with me since the very beginning, waiting in the wings and now I have finally opened the door to let him in. My heart is full of him, but I want MY WHOLE HEART to be full of him.
This is an awesome passage! Thank you for reading my interpretation of it! :)
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