S - Mark
1:15 (ISV): "He [Jesus] said, The time in now! The Kingdom of God is near!
Repent, and keep believing the gospel."
O -
Repent (literally 'change the way you think') is not a onetime activity related
exclusively to past sins and theological conclusions on the true identity of
Jesus. Though it includes such, the
change in thinking Jesus came for and comes for when two or three gather in his
name is an ongoing dynamic of interface with the person who is the gospel
(Jesus) and the words, actions, attitudes and optic such an exchange creates in
us. Our part in the intentional recalibration and alignment with the Kingdom of
God and its nearness. His part is the transformational power and process which
enables us to think like Jesus, speak, love, act and live like him. The time for such an exchange and interaction
is always "now." The result will be out of this world in this world …
where heaven literally touches earth.
A - The question for this day for me is not
have I believed in the past but am I believing right now? In the current circumstance, status and
situation I'm in, am I intentionally turning into the person of Jesus, the
Kingdom of which he is the king and the reality of its nearness? Simply, am I
choosing to give my all to think like Jesus, speak, act and love like Jesus?
The time for this is always now and when we/I do we find him always near … and
in his company nothing is impossible, too difficult or too wonderful for him to
do.
P - Lord
is the Gospel and who is near,
I admit that my natural
(lawful) thinking patterns are not like yours.
I also admit that you want into them all unto the transformation of my
entire life to be what you've dreamt and intended it to be all along. Jesus, I welcome you to engage me however you
wish and am choosing to engage the change of thinking which embraces you and
the nearness of your kingdom. Lord, I am
all in … and holding nothing back. Do
everything it's in your heart to do. My
answer is yes. I do love back. I choose to keep believing.
Glad for your nearness,
Steve
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