The Apostle Paul wrote this to the church in Rome: “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
Romans 12:1-2 MSG
Commit to walk in the fear of God and grow in understanding; to receive His word and to treasure His commands within you; to seek and search for skillful and godly wisdom. Allow the Holy Spirit to show you any area of resistance that would hinder you from leaning on God and give access to every facet of your private and public life, and determine this year you will grow in the fear of the Lord and draw closer to God.
