Today’s Verse:
I am heir to the blessing of Abraham (Galatians 3:13-14).
In Context:
But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he
was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For
it is written in the Scriptures, “Cured is everyone who is hunt on a tree.”
Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he
promised to Abraham, so that we who are believers might receive the promised
Holy Spirit through faith. (Galatians 3:13-14, NLT)
Renewing the mind today and in the context of this verse
simply means being thankful for being so blessed. Living in the land of the free and the brave,
I am blessed. Having a roof over my head and leftover food in the fridge from a
delicious pork roast dinner, I am blessed. Getting up at 4 in the morning to go
to an 8 hour a day steady job for which I receive a paycheck every other week,
I am blessed. Looking at the pile of clean laundry on the hope chest next to my
bed, I am blessed. Having family and friends all over the world whom I connect
with on a regular basis via text messages, e-mail, and social media, I am
blessed. Knowing Jesus as my Lord and Savior and experiencing faith that has
sustained me through many a trial, toil, and snare is just icing on the cake of
my 3+ layer stack of blessings! To be told by God that I am entitled to the
same blessings He promised Abraham, the same Abraham who trusted God enough to
leave his own country for another land and believed so strongly in God’s Sovereignty
that he would have sacrificed his own son if God had not stopped him is truly
humbling. I don’t deserve the same blessings as Abraham, but according to these
verses, I got ‘em. So today, renewing my
mind means not forgetting how blessed I already am and remembering how awesome
God is for all that He has done for me so far and what He will continue to do
just because of His unconditional and unfathomable love for His creation.
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