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Getting right: putting your house in order (Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:51:23 +0000)
2 Corinthians 10:5 …taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.
I was out in the countryside recently, walking about and taking some time out, when I came across a pile of tires. The top tyre at first glance looked almost now, no scuffing on the side wall and plenty of tread, and I wondered what a new tyre was doing in a pile of old ones. When I took a closer look I noticed that half the tread had worn away! The tracking on the car it was taken off must have been out of alignment. This made me think about how some people (me included) like to look as though we are fit for the job, made for the purpose, and at first glance we may well look the part, but if one was to look a little close, dig a little deeper, what would we find? This really challenged me to look at my own life carefully. Are there bits and pieces in your life that need fixing, urgent reappraisal? In my life I had a look and noticed that there were some things there that shouldn’t be there, habits of old creeping back in un-noticed.
At this point I went back to God, asked for forgiveness and repented. I can stand firm that I am in Christ Jesus (John 18:21, Eph 2:8) and that by taking every thought captive I can continue on the narrow path.
